[K12OSN] rdesktop and k12ltsp4

[Brian Chase]

Considering you'd only have to do that once at the beginning of each 
session, I must say I don't believe that's very much trouble at all.

What would irritate me is if I had to type a password for every Windows 
program I launched.


 > 1) It's more complex for the users - they have to log into Linux, then
 > launch an app, then log into the Windows Terminal server.
 >

So, you've got terminals with 10/100 cards operating at 100Mbps 
terminating to a switch that has a GigE port to the LAN side of the LTSP 
Server, which should work well under under nearly all possible loads for 
XDMCP.

LTSP Server
   GigE NIC - LAN --> 24 port 10/100 Base-T switch with GigE module
   GigE NIC - WAN --> 4 port 1000 Base-T switch --> GigE NIC on WTS

True, a bottleneck occurs from the LTSP server to the Windows Term 
Server, but with a four port GigE switch on the WAN side of the LTSP 
Server, all bottlenecks should be removed.

Chris Hobbs wrote:


> 2) It doubles the bandwidth requirements - running rdesktop directly on 
> the client allows a single path for network travel to flow. Going 
> through the LTSP server requires two, duplicate paths. From the Win 
> Server to the LTSP server, then agian from the LTSP server to the client.