Dennis:
Actually, if you run an R:Base front end on the host system in the VPN
scenario, the response time should be very good.
However, you'll run into a major bottleneck if you try to run an R:Base
front end on your remote system and try to access a database with it on a
distant host via VPN even with a fast connection.
As long as you do all of the processing on a computer that's on the same
LAN and just send keystrokes and screen refreshes to the remote computer,
you should have reasonable response times.
I used a dial-up 26.4 connection to my VPN to do my daily AUTOCHKs and
development work for years until I got my cable modem 6 months ago.
Tony
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Thanks Bill,
For a typical RBase app, it doesn't sound like a VPN would be a viable
solution at dial-up modem speeds.
I recall two years ago at the User Meeting when the good Doctor was
running
RBase/Tango/Oterro and NOT having RBase as the front end resulted in
lightening response times. So, I wasn't comparing that with a VPN
solution.
But, it's always nice for your customer base to have options.
Dennis
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At 11:10 PM 5/28/01 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 27 May 2001 15:38:13 -0400, Dennis Fleming wrote:
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>>What kind of performance (speed) can you expect when running an
>RBase for
>>Windows application as a remote user on a VPN?
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>I use VPN to connect to networks at some of my clients.
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>At dial-up modem speeds, starting R:Base on my computer and then
>connecting to a database on the network at the other end of the VPN
>connection can be very slow. For example if there is a 100 MB
>database on their network, and I map the network folder to a drive on
>my computer, and then at the R> prompt change to that drive and type
>CONNECT dbname, it can take 5 minutes before the R> prompt
>returns. Other commands that follow don't all have that same delay,
>but there will be many long delays in a typically set of R:Base
>commands.
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>However, if I am connected at high-speed, for example a 256kbps
>symetrical DSL line, it seems only a little slower than actually having
>my computer plugged in to a port on their network.
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>Bill
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Dennis Fleming
IISCO
http://www.TheBestCMMS.com
