Dial up works, if it is a choice between driving in to work an hour away, it can be faster!!! Kelly Black >From: Dave Sherohman <esper at sherohman.org> >Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22070] Back Orifice vs VNC >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 17:05:54 -0500 > >On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 04:58:40PM -0500, Adam Maloney wrote: > > VNC is only good over a local network, I use it over DSL only in a >pinch. > >It's not that bad... I've got my NT box at the office set up with a VNC >server that has the polling options mostly turned off and it's pretty quick >using it from home over my DSL link, provided I start the client with the >-bgr233 switch. (I'm not concerned with true reproduction of colors, >so...) > >The problems I have with it are related to the sending side - double-clicks >or hitting the Windows key on my end tend to confuse the VNC server and >WindowMaker intercepts keystrokes before VNC sees them and doesn't pass >them >on if they're mapped to local functions. But all of these problems are >bandwidth-independent. > >-- >"Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist >"So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton >Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ >!K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+ > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org >For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org