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Re: [ECS] VNC Scott Reston Tue, 06 Jul 1999 22:45:29 -0500

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i've connected to my ECS machine over a dialup. the machine i was on was connected to
the 'net via a T1, but my ECS machine was connected via a 14.4 
modem. connecting over the T1 behaves equivalently to connecting over a dialup as the
14.4 modem is what limits the bandwidth (even if i had 14.4's at 
both ends, my speed would be about the same). working over a dialup was considerably
slower than working over a local LAN. most of the time was tied up 
in the initial screen refresh... once i had gotten past that initial refresh, it was
usable, but i wouldn't want to do much more than check a few states, turn on a 
few lights, etc.

i've "installed" the VNC client on all of my machines on my home network and control
of my ECS machine works rather well. (btw, i put installed in quotes, 
because the viewer is only a single file.


scott reston
ih8gates@concentric.net
http://www.indelible-blue.com/meetib/scott/

On Tue, 06 Jul 1999 14:27:58 -0700, Mark Gilmore wrote:

>Has anyone used VNC to access ECS from a remote PC,
>using a modem ISP connection from both ends ?
>If so, how do you like it, and what baud rate are you using ?
>Thanks.
>-- 
>Mark Gilmore
>Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
>omnip@usit.net
>http://www.usit.com/omnip

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