[FreeNX-kNX] Performance note

[Martin Honermeyer]

Nicholas Lee wrote:

> On 7/18/05, Martin Honermeyer <maze at strahlungsfrei.de> wrote:
>> Yeah, I am already regularly using an NX server almost 500 kilometres
>> away, with OpenVPN over a DSL line. Works great, almost as fast as a
>> local machine :-)
> 
> Does increasing the compress ratio (LAN -> modem) help with latency
> over distance?  I know when I tested the NX servers in europe from NZ
> it wasn't great, and Fabian meant it when he test from Germany (I
> guess) a machine I set up for him in NZ.
> 
> 

I can't say if it really helps. It doesn't feel different, no matter which
compress ratio I choose. The quality of images seems to be different,
though.

I suppose it makes no difference because I have enough bandwidth on both
lines. This is an inner-Germany connection, from a 5 mbit adsl client to a
2 mbit sdsl vpn. The 2 mbit line is used lightly and also traffic-shaped
(iproute2).


Martin