[K12OSN] rdesktop and k12ltsp4

[Brian Chase]

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.
> 
> 
>  > 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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