remotely accessing terminal services using a satellite connection...

[Guest Brad Pears]

We have a dealer who has a high speed internet connection via satellite. He

complains about how slow his terminal server connection is as he can type

well ahead of the cursor etc...

 

No one else on regular high speed connections has reported this same issue,

however, we had a dealer a few years back in Colorado who also had a high

speed satellite connection and complained about the exact same thing...

 

Could it be that terminal server sessions made over satellite internet

connections suffer because of the latency involved? Could it be for this

reason that real-time terminal server type applications suffer but things

like simple internet surfing and file downloading over satellite connections

are ok?

 

Looking for answers! :-)

 

Brad

[Guest Bart Van Vugt]

RE: remotely accessing terminal services using a satellite connection.

 

RE: remotely accessing terminal services using a satellite connection.

 

RDP has nothing to do with the type of connection. It relies on the speed of

the connection.

 

"Brad Pears" wrote:

> We have a dealer who has a high speed internet connection via satellite. He

> complains about how slow his terminal server connection is as he can type

> well ahead of the cursor etc...

>

> No one else on regular high speed connections has reported this same issue,

> however, we had a dealer a few years back in Colorado who also had a high

> speed satellite connection and complained about the exact same thing...

>

> Could it be that terminal server sessions made over satellite internet

> connections suffer because of the latency involved? Could it be for this

> reason that real-time terminal server type applications suffer but things

> like simple internet surfing and file downloading over satellite connections

> are ok?

>

> Looking for answers! :-)

>

> Brad

>

>

>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: remotely accessing terminal services using a satellite connection...

 

That sure sounds like a latency problem.

You can test latency with the "ping" command line utility.

Anything over a few hundred mS will induce perceived lag/slowness.

 

Most connections have a latency < 100mS, however some have latency

>400mS, which will induce sluggish response. The most common

conections with high latency are satellite and wireless

connections.

 

Nothing you can do about latency, unfortunately.

 

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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"Brad Pears" <bradp@truenorthloghomes.com> wrote on 28 jan 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> We have a dealer who has a high speed internet connection via

> satellite. He complains about how slow his terminal server

> connection is as he can type well ahead of the cursor etc...

>

> No one else on regular high speed connections has reported this

> same issue, however, we had a dealer a few years back in

> Colorado who also had a high speed satellite connection and

> complained about the exact same thing...

>

> Could it be that terminal server sessions made over satellite

> internet connections suffer because of the latency involved?

> Could it be for this reason that real-time terminal server type

> applications suffer but things like simple internet surfing and

> file downloading over satellite connections are ok?

>

> Looking for answers! :-)

>

> Brad

[Guest Brad Pears]

Re: remotely accessing terminal services using a satellite connection.

 

Re: remotely accessing terminal services using a satellite connection.

 

But wouldn't you also suspect that it must also depend on teh latencyt of

that connection - which has absolutely nothing to do with speed...

 

The reason I say this is purely because everyone I know who has high speed

at this company has said how fast it is. Heck - even some dial up users have

indicated that for dial up it is darn fast.

 

But this is now the 2nd time with a satellite user that they have complained

about it.

 

Brad

"Bart Van Vugt" <BartVanVugt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B4C5CCEB-EF55-4B72-A3BE-25EDB3B5DAE4@microsoft.com...

> RDP has nothing to do with the type of connection. It relies on the speed

> of

> the connection.

>

> "Brad Pears" wrote:

>

>> We have a dealer who has a high speed internet connection via satellite.

>> He

>> complains about how slow his terminal server connection is as he can type

>> well ahead of the cursor etc...

>>

>> No one else on regular high speed connections has reported this same

>> issue,

>> however, we had a dealer a few years back in Colorado who also had a high

>> speed satellite connection and complained about the exact same thing...

>>

>> Could it be that terminal server sessions made over satellite internet

>> connections suffer because of the latency involved? Could it be for this

>> reason that real-time terminal server type applications suffer but things

>> like simple internet surfing and file downloading over satellite

>> connections

>> are ok?

>>

>> Looking for answers! :-)

>>

>> Brad

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Brad Pears]

Re: remotely accessing terminal services using a satellite connection...

 

Thanks Vera. That makes sense. That must be what it is - and hence you are

right - there is really nothing I can do about it - which would also explain

why VOIP over a satellite internet connection is not that great - even

though is is possible.

 

Brad

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

news:Xns9A33E00C56C6Dveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> That sure sounds like a latency problem.

> You can test latency with the "ping" command line utility.

> Anything over a few hundred mS will induce perceived lag/slowness.

>

> Most connections have a latency < 100mS, however some have latency

>>400mS, which will induce sluggish response. The most common

> conections with high latency are satellite and wireless

> connections.

>

> Nothing you can do about latency, unfortunately.

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> "Brad Pears" <bradp@truenorthloghomes.com> wrote on 28 jan 2008 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> We have a dealer who has a high speed internet connection via

>> satellite. He complains about how slow his terminal server

>> connection is as he can type well ahead of the cursor etc...

>>

>> No one else on regular high speed connections has reported this

>> same issue, however, we had a dealer a few years back in

>> Colorado who also had a high speed satellite connection and

>> complained about the exact same thing...

>>

>> Could it be that terminal server sessions made over satellite

>> internet connections suffer because of the latency involved?

>> Could it be for this reason that real-time terminal server type

>> applications suffer but things like simple internet surfing and

>> file downloading over satellite connections are ok?

>>

>> Looking for answers! :-)

>>

>> Brad