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Appendix D: FAQs
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Please note that these bandwidth figures are only examples and may
vary from those seen in your environment due to many factors.
How can I reduce bandwidth?
The KX II provides a variety of settings in our remote clients to optimize
bandwidth and performance. The default settings will provide an
at-the-rack level of performance in standard LAN/WAN environments
with economical use of bandwidth.
Bandwidth management settings include the Connection Speed and
Color Depth. To reduce bandwidth:
Reduce Connection Speed
Reducing the connection speed can significantly reduce the bandwidth
used. In standard LAN/WAN environments, setting the connection
speed to 1.5 or 1Mbit per second will reduce bandwidth while
maintaining good performance. Settings below this will further reduce
bandwidth and are appropriate for slow bandwidth links.
Reduce Color Depth
Reducing the color depth will also significantly decrease bandwidth and
increase performance, but fewer colors will be used, resulting in video
degradation. This may be acceptable for certain system administration
tasks.
For slow Internet connections, use of 8 bit color or lower bit depths can
reduce bandwidth and improve performance.
Other tips to decrease bandwidth include:
Use a solid desktop background instead of a complex image
Disable screen savers
Use a lower resolution on the target server
Uncheck the “Show window contents while dragging” option in
Windows
Use simple images, themes and desktops (for example. Windows
Classic).
What should I do on slower bandwidth links?
The connection speed and color depth settings can be tweaked to
optimize performance for slower bandwidth links. For example, in the
Multi-Platform Client or the Virtual KVM Client, set the connection speed
to 1.5Mb or 1Mb and the color depth to 8 bit. Even lower connection
speeds and color depths can be used for very low bandwidth situations.
I want to connect over the Internet. What type of performance
should I expect?