This might not be the exact forum for this; but how do i calculate bandwidth consumption for a X-terminal? I am planning a "blackbox" and to use a remote Multi Head X-terminal to be able to keep my working space as quiet as possible. My idea is to use 3 or 4 (yes three or four!) 1600x1024x32 bpp wide screen monitors and run them as a "dumb" terminal over the network. How do i calculate bandwidth consumption? I want to be able to use the machine as a workstation with full frame video capability on one monitor. I read somewhere that a 640x480@24 fps MPEG-2 file is using some 45 MB in bandwidth. What would a 1600x1024@24 be? (if my math mpu still is functional i estimate some 2.5^2 = 6.25 times 45, which would be some 280 Mb/s) And then coupled with a desktop of 3200x2048 @32 bpp... Thats some 4x1.7 Mpixels to update at a reasonable rate.. (25 fps?) Not sure if i make sense at all.. (Too late for advanced thinking...) -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j@rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >