VNC-List digest, Vol 1 #486 - 26 msgs

[Michael Elliott]

 > Subject: Re: Slow Updating Cursor on Server > From: Jeff Boerio 
<boerio@ichips.intel.com> > What is the network connection like? Server 
- LAN card - router - cable modem - internet - DSL modem - router - LAN 
card - Viewer > If it's a slow network connection, I don't think this is 
a slow network connection. > you might want to verify the encoding 
methods that are used. You might > also restrict the color map to 8 
bits, so the server sends less data > through the pipe (though you will 
notice the color settings on the > client). So it's the stuffing of the 
pipe that is slowing things down. Regarding 8-bit color depth, Viewer 
documentation sez that "This option should rarely prove necessary, since 
the viewer now includes code to automatically detect when 8-bit colour 
should be used." Viewer is using Auto right now. Will try other screen 
encoding options. Mike Elliott > On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 08:20, Michael 
Elliott wrote:

>>> I notice that the onscreen cursor lags behind the mouse when I'm running 
>>> my local Win2K machine that has been connected to by a VNC viewer. The 
>>> local machine is running RealVNC Server, and the remote is running 
>>> RealVNC viewer. Here, at the local (server) end, I have to do a lot of 
>>> waiting for the onscreen cursor to catch up my mouse movement -- it's 
>>> very jerky. As soon as the viewer disconnects behavior returns to 
>>> normal. The viewer is located on the other side of the Internet through 
>>> two routers and two cable modems.
>>> 
>>> How can I speed up the local (server) machine's onscreen updates?
>>> 
>>> Mike Elliott