I did set the tight setting and tried lower colors. I really didn't notice any difference in the color resolution on the monitor, but that didn't help the lag at all. Strange. Has anyone else tried it Mac to Mac??
> On May 8, 2004, at 3:20 PM, andrew arnold wrote: > >> I tried Chicken of the VNC (installed the OSXvnc server on the other >> computer). I can make the software work, but there is a lot of lag on a >> 100bT wired network. Machines are both G4s, 450mhz and 800mhz. Should >> there >> be an annoying amount of lag, or do I just need to keep playing with >> the >> settings? > > I haven't used it Mac2Mac, but I have used it with Linux and Windows > servers. My experience is that it was pretty fast, if I set the server > to use the tight protocol and few colors. It's even quite usable using > the linux box in my office as the server and my Mac at home as the > client over the cable connection. (I must admit I've not done so since > X.3.3 came along, since I usually connect with X11 instead.) > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> Kind regards, Andy a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu Remember the two most important things in life: 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know 2. The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
