DISCUSSION: Windows Admin with rdesktop

jeremy · 03-15-2005, 12:44 PM

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Matir · 03-15-2005, 01:00 PM

How does the bandwidth performance of rdesktop compare to vnc? VNC gets laggy for me even over a wireless lan. I'm not sure if you can answer this, but it's something I've been trying to find for a while.

jeremy · 03-15-2005, 01:49 PM

I've never seen any hard data on this (to be fair I have never looked) and I'm not much of a VNC user. Someone else may be able to share their experiences though.

--jeremy

XavierP · 03-15-2005, 02:46 PM

I have used rdesktop to monitor and admin a Windows server. Admittedly, it was within an office and we had a quick network, but it seemed ok to me.

Matir · 03-15-2005, 04:20 PM

I use VNC to access a GUI on my Linux desktop from Windows machines at work/school, which is why I asked. Because, despite FTTH on one end, and OC3 on the other, it lags. Like crazy, sometimes.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 03-16-2005, 10:04 PM

If you tweak your display settings on the Vnc server and viewer you can reduce some of the lag enough to make remote admin not such a frustrating experience.