Sounds like a problem with old or non-standard versions of VNC. Try upgrading to VNC 3.3.7 or 4.0b4 which shouldn't have this problem.
Cheers Tristan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Lovitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: Default connection via SSH? > A friend of mine forwarded attached posting to me from a FW-1 security list he > subscribes to. > > Is this information factual? I'm not sure I have noticed this "problem" on my > fairly high speed connections using SSH tunnels. I suppose ZRLE would be > preferred now for best performance if server version supports it? Any other > comments from members? > > Regards, > > Glenn Lovitz > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Helms > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:14 PM > To: Security Group > Subject: VNC tunneling > > I thought I'd share this tidbit I finally figured out after getting frustrated > with the speed ov VNC when tunneled through SSH. > > When tunneling VNC through ssh and connecting to localhost VNC thinks you are > connecting to a LOCAL connection by default and chooses a very poor encoding > algorithm for the connection. The RAW encoding that is chosen gives a bit > better graphical representation of the host but a horrible compression and > performance across a WAN. However, you can specify the encoding you use when > connecting so life is good again. > > In Windows running RealVNC don't allow the viewer to 'Auto' choose the > algorithm. Force it to 'Hexlite' under the options button. > > In Linux run: vncviewer -encodings "hexlite" -compress 6 localhost:X > > Hope that helps. It seems to work great for me now and performs as well as > Citrix or Terminal Services. > > --Steve > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
