If you are referring to having the terminal server at one office, and the diskless machine in another building (across town or the world, doesn't matter) then yes it 'can' be done. But one thing that you need to remember is that the amount of data being transferred via the network is tremendous. I had it 'working' in a test enviroment between my home server and my work computer. At the time, that was cable-cable. The problem with that setup is that the upstream speeds are maxed at (about) 128kb (16KB/s). My current office connection is now fractional T1 and, I'm able to upstream 80KB/s. I put my terminal server here at work, and tried to run the client from the house, again, it worked, a little better in speed, but still not really usable. You will definitely need a broader connection than that to make it feasible.
However, another way to accomplish this would be to run vnc. VNC is an alternative to running a thin client, while still being able to use a linux workstation. It is intended for a remote type application. You can run the vncserver on the server (multiple screens allowable) and run the viewer on a number of different platforms, including MSWindows. I have the vncserver setup on my linux server here at work, as well as running the server on each of the window workstations that I have here at the office. I no longer have to walk down to the other office just to show them how to do something. In a windows environment, it is very similar to PC Anywhere, under linux (*nix) it allows you to run multiple sessions. An example would be to have a single server, with a number of different vncservers running, for each different user. This might be a smooth way to transition your users from windows to linux. Joey Officer Martin Apparatus, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of prakash modak Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Remote connectivity with Diskless Hi all, Is their any solution to do remote connection via dialup or internet connection. If yes pls tell me abt it..... Prakash Modak ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
