[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> 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.
I've sometimes run X program over ssh on a modem connection. It works for text-based things, like emacs, but anything involving graphics becomes hideously slow. -- M�ns Rullg�rd [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
