Hi, I'm trying to set up a VNC connection to support a friends computers and network. I currently have one of his machines at my house re-installing a broken Win95 system but want to be able to connect to him once I've taken the machine back. I've set up the server on his machine and the viewer on mine and tested it on my LAN but it seems to work awfully slowly compared to normal network access to his machine. I'm concerned that trying to support him over the net might be unworkable, even over a cable modem. I originally set up the server in "App Mode" rather than as a service so that he can choose when to turn it on and relieve the system load/security issues when he doesn't need it. I then tried it in service mode but didn't notice a significant improvement. I can access his machine for file sharing etc. on the LAN through the Network Neighbourhood using Windows Commander and access is immediate, on VNC it's _painfully_ slow!
The connection seems to be marginally faster if I change the connection options to "Raw" and "Full screen" but it's still orders of magnitude slower than normal network access so I figure I must be doing something wrong ;-) Questions I can think of so far: 1. Should access be faster in "Service Mode"? I can run him through the setup/removal if necessary 2. Does the difference in screen size put a significant hit on the video redrawing on my end? It does seem somewhat faster in full screen but still way behind network access. 3. Are there any other options I should choose/change? e.g. the Update Handling checkboxes 4. On this network, and on his, I'm also running IPX/SPX for File & Print Sharing/Netbios/Gaming access. Does this negatively affect VNC? 5. Am I just underpowered? - See system details below Any pointers gratefully received. I'm hoping to get his machine back to him and set this up tomorrow - Saturday Thanks, Mick System Details =========== VNC Version - Windows32 v3.3.3r9 on all machines. Server set to "Poll Foreground Window" and "Poll Console Windows Only" My LAN = Linksys 10/100 Switch on Cat5 cable All his and my machines using Linksys 10/100 EtherFast PCI NIC's. TCP/IP sharing through Sygate Home Network v4.1 Internet Access = Cable modem at both ends Viewer --------- Generic PII Celeron 300 running Win98SE, using SIS 6326 4Mg AGP On board Video - updated to latest drivers. Video display = 1024x768 16bit colour. Memory = 128MB EDO (Soon to be upgraded to 128MB SDRAM) Logitech 3 button Mouseman Running ZoneAlarm Pro 2.6.362 and @Guard 3.11 firewall software Servers --------- 1. Dell Pentium Pro 200 running Win95b - fully updated, using Matrox MGA Millenium video card. Video display = 640x480 16bit colour (will be 1024x768 when I put it back on his monitor). Memory = 32MB EDO. Microsoft 2 button mouse No firewall software yet. Aiming to add ZoneAlarm Pro 2. Additional Intended Server on his LAN HP Pavilion PII Celeron 500 running Win98SE. Unknown video card. Video display - 800x600 16bit colour Memory = 128MB SDRAM. Microsoft 2 button mouse. No firewall software yet. Aiming to add ZoneAlarm Pro He also has two Dell laptops for his kids running XP but they're teenagers so I don't think I'll have to support their machines! ;-) His LAN ----------- Linksys 4 Port WAN/LAN router on Cat5 cable. Cable modem internet access. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
