Hi, I use vnc on windows and Solaris and find dropping the desktop colour depth speeds things up a lot. You can usually set this on the client connection end. Also if you goto vnc homepage, can't remember of top of my head but they have some third party add-ons that add some kind of compression into the application, but I think you have to recompile it yourself including the new libs. I also use PcAnywhere and find it a lot quicker than vnc, but then again that's not free. Thanks, Russ. -----Original Message----- From: D Lloyd [mailto:dan.lloyd@GB.ABB.COM] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:42 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [EE]: VNC Hi, Our "IT" uses WinVNC for remote control - seems OK but it has caused a BSOD on rare occasions. Regards, Dan To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: From: Russell McMahon Subject: [EE]: VNC Comments from anyone conversant with AT&T's VNC (Virtual Network Computing) remote control software would be appreciated. Have just been trialling VNC across my LAN. The controlled PC (server) is a 300 MHz Pentium equivalent, WIN95, and controlling PC (viewer) is 500 MHz WIN98 SE. 10 Mbps PCI UTP NICs. Performance is clunky but useable. Is there free software available with superior functionality? (VNC = gpl = free :-) ). Is there for-money equivalent functionality software available which is superior enough in capability to be worth the cost? What changes are most liable to improve performance? (server CPU, network speed, .... ?) Any advice / do's / dont's ? I note that changing server video resolution from the viewer breaks the session down - not very surprising. No problem in this application but would be a nuisance with remote sessions. regards Russell McMahon -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -----EMAIL DISCLAIMER------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged and/or confidential. If you have received this email in error please destroy it and notify the sender. You must not use or disclose any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Unauthorised use/disclosure may be unlawful. Opinions expressed may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of Khaos Technologies or its affiliates. We may monitor email communication passing through our networks and we reserve the right to store all/part of any communication. We take reasonable precautions to ensure our emails are virus free, however, we cannot accept responsibility for any virus transmitted and recommend that you implement your own virus checking procedures. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads