terminal services and linux
 

Hello...

i was just wondering what kind of terminal server can handle let's say 16 terminals hooked up onto him all in a X session?? Hope you understand what I'm trying to ask..I'm new to linux and networking...

Is this even possible??

best regards,

Uros

I'd say with plenty of RAM and a grunty
CPU no problem with most Linux-distros.

X has been built/designed with all that in
mind, so it really shouldn't be to much of
an issue ... I've run four simultaneous
sessions of a PIII 400 with 256 MB with
no problem (in fact the CPU load was
under 5% at most times, and process
load was <2 at all times ... even with
Open Office running)...

Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for the answer...

Is there a thingy that would look like that old style terminal...I would need a monitor and a keyboard and a mouse all hooked up to a terminal server...

I don't even know if this exists?? Anyone knows??

Best regards,

Uros

You can get old console WISE terminals
and special cards that will allow up to
16 serial connections for the PC... however,
you wouldn't get X on those, just console.

I've seen some of those dumb terminals
advertised for 40 bucks :)

If you want X you'll need to get thin-clients
(graphical terminals) which are a bit of
a different pricerange, and for performance
reasons use Ethernet rather than serial :)


Look at this thing and its "bigger brothers"


Cheers,
Tink

Thanks....

Damn, I thought that this terminal were cheeper...like 200 buck max...oh well..thanks anyway..

best regards,

Uros