Re: Tightvnc and Windows XP speed

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MC...@nl... wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using Tightvnc 1.2.9 server on a Linux Redhat 9 server at my home. At
> work I am using the tightvnc 1.2.9 viewer on a Windows XP machine. This XP
> machine also has Remote Administrator 2.1 on it that I use to connect to a
> machine at home running Windows XP also with the RemAdmin server running.
> The Home machines are networked. Ok, that's the setup.
> 
> Here's the problem, tightvnc connections from the WinXP machine at work to
> the Linux server at home are painfully slow. I have a Linux server here at
> work also with the tightvnc viewer installed. Tightvnc connections from
> this Linux box and the Linux box at home are good. RemAdmin connections
> from the WinXP machine to the WinXP box at home are good also. As a matter
> of fact, I can use RemAdmin to the WinXP box at home and start a Tightvnc
> Viewer from that box to the Linux Server at home and it is faster than
> going direct from the WinXP machine at work to the Linux box at home.
> 


I think the network bandwidth is a bottleneck here but VNC fails to detect the 
(lack of) bandwidth. Have you tried to increase the compression, at server 
and/or viewer side?

The best compression is to start with less display data, say 800x600 pixels and 
8 bits colors (256 colors).


CBee