[K12OSN] K12LTSP across the Wan
Doug Simpson
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Mon Sep 12 12:23:25 UTC 2005
In my experience, X forwarding is much slower than VNC.
I use VNC instead over the WAN.
Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tux for President!
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Rondall Stewart wrote:
> That is pretty much the consensus. However, I am talking about 30+ at a time. I am afraid I am going to place a Level 2 server at each location. Only 4 weeks into my Linux experience, I am learning as I go. I have read about enabling X forwarding through a SSH login. But I am afraid this will also be to slow for mass connections.
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> Rondall Stewart
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> I wouldn't want to run thin clients across the WAN, however, you can do a
> minimal install of Winders or linux and use VNC to connect across the WAN
> for reasonable use with a few computers.
>
> The computers just need at least 800x600 and 32MB of RAM or more.
>
> Remember this will not support too many at a time or things will get to
> where response is slow.
>
> Doug Simpson
> Technology Specialist
> DeQueen Public Schools
> DeQueen, AR 71832
> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> Tux for President!
>
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Rondall Stewart wrote:
>
> > Has anyone been able to get k12ltsp working from across a WAN? A school district with limited funds has approached me with this request. They have point to point T1 between 3 locations and the want to give modern functionality to some of their legacy machines.
> >
> >
> > Rondall Stewart
> > Technical Team Leader
> > ICC Technology Partners
> > (606)886-8447
> >
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