Good point but TFM is how many versions old now (re: Tristan Richardson's post) and I'm **NOT** using UNIX VNC viewer to connect via SSH.
Just wondered if this was still a factor. I also run compression with SSH. Which if you RTFM just into the next paragraph says: "SSH has another advantage. It can compress the data as well. This is particularly useful if the link between you and the server is a slow one, such as a modem, but even on a faster network it can help make up for the fact that the encryption takes a certain amount of time and so can slow the link down a little." My point, which I guess I really did not make too well, was that using a compressed tunnel and r3.3.7 viewer I cannot tell the difference between the "manual" way (hextile) or leaving as default (is or was raw?). I was not having a problem, just wondering if the other post was factually up to date! BTW, no need for crucifixion. Glenn Lovitz >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of William Hooper >Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:51 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Default connection via SSH? > > >From: Steve Helms >[snip] >> 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. > >Should have RTFM: >http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/sshvnc.html > >A quick note if you're using the Unix VNC viewer to connect via SSH: By >default, when the viewer connects to a server on the local machine, it >uses VNC's 'raw' pixel encoding because this generally gives better >performance for local access. If this 'server' is actually an SSHD >redirecting the data to another machine, you probably want to override >this using the -hextile option to the viewer, or you will send >a lot more >data over the network than is necessary. (On the latest versions of the >viewer, use -encodings "copyrect hextile") > >-- >William Hooper >_______________________________________________ >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
