Damien Hull wrote: > Here's what I have: > > * edubuntu 7.04 > * AMD 64 bit processor > o Can't remember the exact numbers > * 2 gig ram > * Two network cards > o on board is for internet > o Other network card is for thin client network > * 10/100 switch > > Problem > > * streaming music from the net > * 50 % of the bandwidth on the server is used > * Only one thin client connected > > Other problems > > * youtube videos are jerky > > > Should I get a faster network? > > * Faster connection for the server > o Gigabit > o Two gigabit network cards bonded together
When you say 50%, you mean 50% of a nominal 100 mbits/sec? Normally unless you have some dedicated application, I figure that getting 70-80% of nominal bandwidth is about as good as you can get. I've read some claims that getting gigabit cards in the server is worth it just for the bigger buffers. I think your cheapest experiment would be to put a gigabit card in the server, and get a switch with one or two gigabit ports, and the rest 100 mbit ports. (Dell has an unmanaged switch with 2 Gb ports and 10 or 12 100 Mb ports for about 200 bucks.) What fraction of bandwidth from the server to the world is being used? Do you need to run youtube viewer and the audio player as local applications on the clients? Can you run 5 simultaneous Youtube instances on the server? If it's a matter of chopiness, you may be able to cope by increasing the buffers on the server. (Don't start the youtube viewer until you have X mb of the stream buffered.) If it's a matter of can't keep up, you will either need to figure out how to download the entire vid before streaming out to clients, or bite the bullet and buy more bandwidth to the world. > * Gigabit connection for the client > o Not sure I can do this > > Note: > > I'm setting up a lab of 5 thin clients. Testing with one thin client > shows bandwidth isues. Genral use like Open Office, surfing the net > etc... works fine. Streaming music from the web sucks up a lot of > bandwidth. Totem could be the problem. That's the application I'm > using to play music. I'll try switching to rythembox. > > I'm hoping there is a way to improve the quality of youtube videos. > > Well... I guess that's it for now. I'll post more if I find anything. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
