[K12OSN] rdesktop and k12ltsp4
Brian Chase
networkr0 at cfl.rr.com
Tue Mar 30 18:21:41 UTC 2004
Another alternative to WINE, comments?
http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxserver/
Brian Chase wrote:
> 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.
>
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> > 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.
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