I downloaded the Windows binaries and the Linux source from www.tightvnc.com I put the Windows binaries onto a Winbox, overwriting the existing VNC binaries. I compiled and installed the Linux version locally and also did the same remotely. I then fired up the remote server and connected from the local Linux viewer through an ssh session with max compression. The performance was acceptable, but certainly not blindingly fast. I then dug an ssh tunnel to the remote Linux server from ttssh with max compression, and fired up the Windows viewer to check that it worked. Well, I have to say that the performance was very acceptable with this latter setup, which is a pity. In both cases, not using compression made a small, marginally perceptible difference. My perception, by watching the tcpdump stream, is that the ssh traffic from Linux to Linux appears more halting than the Windows to Linux traffic. I am at a loss to understand it as both traffic streams pass through the same gateway, so I guess the problem must be with the local Linux box, either the ssh app or the vncviewer app. Anyone want to speculate on why the Linux viewer/OpenSSH combination does not perform anywhere as well as the Windows viewer/ttssh setup. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates <http://lannetlinux.com> _____________________________________________________________ "We needn't, as socialists, get too concerned about privacy; it's a bourgeois right, closely allied to the right to private property". - Former Federal Health Minister Neal Blewett, addressing the Fabian Society in 1988 in relation to the Australia Card issue. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
