> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Weaks
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:07 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Lots of IP traffic, no screen activity
>
> Not sure if this is the correct list, but I'll give it a try. We're
> trying to move from M$ to Linux, using Netraverse via X to diskless (or
> minimal - like a ThinkNic) workstations. We're in proof-of-concept mode
> here, and are trying to serve this up via the internet to a remote
> station. While this seems to work very speedily over my ethernet
> connection, it is horribly slow over an ISDN (here in Texas) ->T1
> connection (in Tennessee). Looking at the bandwidth, it is generally
> using about 3K bytes per second, but doing little to nothing on the remote
> screen. Screen refreshes that take a second or so locally are taking up
> to 3 MINUTES on the remote, with a constant 3K bytes/sec of traffic.
> Occasionally we see a burst of 10Kbytes/sec, but not often, and there
> appears to be no connection with that burst and the rate of screen
> refresh.
>
> The way we are doing this is:
>
> ssh -X -f user@localserver <application>
>
> This example came from the Netraverse manual, and, again, it works very
> speedily over my ethernetwork, served from the same machine that is giving
> it up so slowly. Is there a better way to do this? Are there settings to
> speed this up?
>
> TIA for answering.
>
> Bill Weaks
> Director, MIS
> Industrial Molding Corp
> 806.474.1055
> 806.474.1168 (fax)
>
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