Re: [SLE] vpn solution for suse
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But a lot of Ideas are get mixed up in this thread here... so I'll just do a quick rundown:
Rdesktop on linux works better than RDP on XP.
SSH -X is ssssllllooooowwww. vnc over ssh is faster. Nx over ssh is fastest.
What do you really need/want....
if all you need is to remote into a Linux machine then Nx and ssh is your best bet. (If the remote is SUSE I give you setup guides) (Or you may decide to go with VNC over ssh to avoid maintenance of nx).
If you also need access to RemoteDesktop on window machines, you could use RDesktop over SSH.
If you want to work on your local machine as if it was connected to your office network, you need a VPN. (a VPN uses more traffic than tunnels)
Pick your poison, and we'll help you set it up...
Jerry This makes me wonder, what about remote, LOCAL machines (headless). Wouldn't remote X be faster in that scenario?
Thanks Randal
On Wednesday 24 May 2006 14:42, lerninlinux@comcast.net wrote:
This makes me wonder, what about remote, LOCAL machines (headless). Wouldn't remote X be faster in that scenario?
Thanks Randal
Actually, it depends on the application. Remote X as a protocol, it's huge, and has a lot of "round trips" built-in. This makes it highly sensitive to "Network Latency" (timming of the round trips). For example the old FWBuilder 1.x versions where notoriously bad over remote X. (Actually barely usable over a lan). Where as it was perfect via vnc. After years of "remoting" all around the net, I've settled on the following: - I allways setup SSH-Servers. - I allways setup Nx Servers to use SSH. - I Usually setup vnc (via XInetd) as sort of a backup. Within my lan, when I have something sort to do, I often use "ssh -X" but half of the time, I end up connecting with NX, or VNC anyway. It's not just for speed mind you, I also like the organizational aspect of having a window (titled user@machine) containing all of the applications running on that machine... Of Course I insist on having a full GUI, and root access on all my servers. And that is a questionable decision at best 8-) Jerry
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