Re: X Protocol over Satellite.
Re: X Protocol over Satellite.
- Subject: Re: X Protocol over Satellite.
- From: "Gareth 'bigbro' Eason" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:58:09 +0000
David Parker wrote:
I have a question for anybody who uses xterm and other X clients over
satellite.
[snip]
You almost certainly do not want to do this. While the data throughput
of satellite links is high, the latency is also high. This does not have
a huge effect on web browsing, since the pattern tends to be limited to
some action (clicking a link, say), waiting (latency + download time)
and then reading / reacting.
For interactive type sessions, the latency (wait time) tends to play a
far more critical part. These generally involve small (relatively
speaking) amounts of data transfer (so having a large bandwidth
connection is largely irrelevant) but latency is critical since the same
static latency time exists between each action and its associated reaction.
You may be much better off with a 1.5Mbps (A)DSL connection for
interactive use, rather than a higher bandwidth (but higher latency)
satellite link.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
-->Gar
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