On a VPN, make sure you have only TCPIP protocol selected. Multiple protocols slow things down. Printing goes to the printer on the network, but usually one can set up the printer at the work station that is dialing in.
--- John Engwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to redirect printing to the remote location when running > RBASE with Terminal Services Client? > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Downall > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:45 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: R:Base and Microsoft VPN > > David, > > A VPN is like another client on the network, at the other end of a very long > cable. > Everything travels through the wires to the workstation (after being > encrypted for the > transmission), and then the workstation's copy of R:Base does all the work > with that > huge amount of data that went through the wire. > > Terminal Services Client is more like Citrix (or even PC Anywhere), where > R:Base is > running back on the Terminal Services Server, and a picture of the screen is > all that > gets sent through the wire. A VPN connection is just not going to be very > efficient for > a file-based database. This is the place for an R:Web application! > > Bill > > On 21 Sep 2004 at 13:30, Mark Kwoka wrote: > > > I use Terminal Services Client which works very well and rbase is very > > fast. > > > > Mark Kwoka > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David M. > > Blocker Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:26 PM To: RBG7-L Mailing > > List Subject: [RBG7-L] - R:Base and Microsoft VPN > > > > Has anyone used R:Base via a remote connection using Microsoft VPN? > > If so, can you offer suggestions on how to optimize performance? > > > > ===== Albert Berry Management Consultant RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 Canada (250) 425-5806 (250) 425-7259 (708) 575-3952 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
