Looks like I hit send too soon - I was heavily sensitized to the "weird Win95 net performance" issue. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Turnbow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday/2002 February 01 13:51 Subject: RE: Win 98/95 setup - slow access
: Mick - If you haven't already, you might try nailing up the speed and : duplex settings on both machines. There could be problems if both PC's : are trying to auto-negotiate, generating a lot of CRC errors. : : I run a small network at home using a small 10/100 switch integrated : into a DSL router, and unlike my HP4000M switches here at work, it won't : let me set a fixed spec for each port. We always lock in the settings : at the switches to ensure that at most only one end is in auto-negotiate : mode. : : Just a thought . . : : - Jerry Turnbow : : -----Original Message----- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mick : Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 12:35 PM : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Win 98/95 setup - slow access : : : 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. 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