Are 2 Mbps sufficient?

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

Rudi Verago [vlain] wrote:
> I've been using VNC to remote desktop for elearning but bandwith is a problem.
> With low quality  one client need more than 2Mbps (our bandwith limit). 
> Anyone know whether is it possible use vnc with lowest bandwidth? I think that
> TCP protocol is the problem because client has a slowdown when there is a
> peak...solutions?
> 
> Thanks and sorry for my english,

as simon said, some settings help a lot.

on the server, disable the desktop wallpaper.

on the client, set the encoding to hextile and reduce the color depth to 
8. with linux, you can do it like this:

~> vncviewer -encoding hextile -depth 8 yourvncserver.example.com


like simon, i've done remote administration via vnc over isdn 
(64kbit/s). it hurts, but it can save your a%'$&.. ;-)


regards,

jvrn