Douglas, I think you hit the nail on the head with the "turnaround" times. The real issue here is of course the latency of the requests.
TightVNC does a great job of compressing transmissions, and of course the downloads will be heavier than the uploads. The problem is you will probably have to assess the lag in transmission receipt, which could be a significant problem. I don't know how satellite systems customarily do their queuing, but if they are optimized for large transfers and take some time to initiate them, they have a lag in each burst of VNC traffic which could cause the "feel" of the connection speed to be anywhere from poor to abysmal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-05-27 14:14 Subject: [VNC] tightVNC over Satellite > Has anyone tried tightVNC over a satellite link? (VSAT) > > There are some long turn around times that make me wonder how good a 64K > connection will appear to the user. > > I find that a 20Kbaud connection is quite usable using a dial-up modem. > I would use a 9600 baud dial-up modem connection only if I was desperate. > > > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
