This may sound too obvious, but sharing the line with other traffic, such as Outlook slows it down, I have found it quicker to have mail on the remote machine and not on the one dialling in, OTOH internet access is still better locally, I suspect due to the complex graphics. and the caching of files and so on.
Gerard Bendotti > -----Original Message----- > From: David Brodbeck [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:43 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: jpeg or 8-bit faster > > The answer is "it depends". You really need to test settings and see what > works best in your situation. For example, over a modem link, "Tight" > compression is much faster than "Hextile". But over Ethernet it's > noticably > slower -- the extra compression overhead causes more of a delay than just > sending the extra data. Forced 8-bit is a similar situation -- over a > modem it can help, over Ethernet the conversion causes more of a delay > than > just sending 16- or 24-bit pixels would. It can also depend on how > powerful > the host system is, since any form of compression will increase the CPU > load. The best thing to do is to open some applications and play with the > settings. Try scrolling around in a window, and minimizing and restoring > one. Pay particular attention to whatever you think you'll be doing a lot > over the connection. You should be able to get an idea of what's most > usable in your situation. > > The color of the background shouldn't matter. The important thing for > speed > is that it be a solid color, since that compresses much more efficiently > than an image. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
