On 28 Jun, Boris Reisig wrote: > Its seems that client/server applications are being used more and more now > adays. XFree86 is excellent for a client/server setup on a local network > but it seems that X11 can easily saturate the bandwidth with many clients. > (Which can then start slowing down the entire network as more and more > users become active). This is very evident when trying to connect to a > remote X server over a dialup modem. It would be nice if X11 would > compress its own data so that it doesn't easily saturate the entire > network. Compression will also allow more users to work concurrently > without having the slowdowns as it would without it (on a busy network).
Consider SSH. I doubt that any compression (including that which is part of SSH) will make X good over a dial modem, but it does work. I routinely use SSH over various wireless and DSL connections without noticable delays for ordinary stuff. As a side benefit, you get the added security. R Horn _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
