zlib compression on local LAN?

[Kelly F. Hickel]

Hi All,
	Does anybody have any opinion (HA!) as to using zlib compression on
a local LAN?  I have two fast machines that are connected by a 100mbps
switch on my desk.  I've noticed that when one is vnc'ing the other that the
server machine's screen updates slow noticeably.  Now, I understand that
this is because I'm inserting a network operation into the video stream, so,
of course it's going to slow down.  My question is, Do you think the
slowdown is primarily CPU bound (catching the update, hextile'ing it, etc)
or is it network latency?  Since these are fast machines, I'd hope (but am
to lazy to try right now!) that the CPU overhead of the zlib compression
would impose a lesser load on screen updates than the network transmission
does.  

What do you think?

-Kelly
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