At my last position I used to use RDC to connect to desktops all over the continental US. VPN on all the connections. Going out on a bonded dual T1 to remote sites with varying connections including 768kb DSL lines and Comcast cable on the East Coast. Usually the only time I had issues (slowness, dropped connections) was when we knew the remote site ISP was having problems. Just my experience. -- ========== Todd Young -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Damien DeZurik <ddezurik at yahoo.com> > For what it's worth, I have not seen this problem. For me, it is usually > rdesktop over a short-distance LAN type connection from RHEL/Fedora to > WinXP/2000Server and I can't recall being dropped frequently. Occasionally, > across town to an office but, still, good connectivity and not a lot of dropped > connections. > > Out of curiosity, is a VPN involved during these dropped connections? If so, can > the VPN be taken out of the equation while still keeping the login credentials > secure across the network? May be worth a try. > > Damien > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Randy Clarksean <rclark at lakesplus.com> > To: tclug <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 1:10:54 PM > Subject: [tclug-list] OT: "line" options for terminal server connections > > A good majority of my work day is spent working on a remote windows > system via terminal server. I mostly log in using rdesktop on Linux, > but I often use Remote Desktop Connection w/in XP, or log in via a > webpage using an Active X type app for the interface. > > Issues: The connection hangs often - some days more than others. This > can be very frustrating to say the least. There are probably some > latency issues, but there must be more than that though to cause me this > many issues. > > Are there issues going via the internet and can the connection just > eventually get messed up - causing me to hang? Or do I need a > connection with very little if any lag? > > Can I get a dedicated line that will get rid of the lag and be more > reliable? I am certain there are more people out there in this > situation ... so ... I am hoping for some suggestions and insight. > > Thanks in advance. > Randy