[THIN] Re: Citrix Over A Frame / Latent Network

  • From: Bob <bobmails@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:26:37 -0400

Evan said it way better! 


On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:50:43 -0400, Jason A. Silva
<jasons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, I am verifying this now.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Evan Mann
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:38 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix Over A Frame / Latent Network
> 
> To elaborate a little, frame is always sold with a Port Speed (peak
> burst) and Committed Information Rate (CIR).  The CIR is what they
> guarantee, and the Port Speed is what they try to sell you on.  The
> higher CIR's is what substantially increases your cost.  The higher port
> speed does as well, but from my experience, the CIR is more.  A good rep
> will convey t his to you, but a bad one might try and sell you "512k
> frame connection" but really it only has a 128k CIR.  Moral of the
> story?  Make sure you know your CIR and Port Speed before you sign.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:30 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix Over A Frame / Latent Network
> 
> once upon a not so long ago...
> 
> Frame Relay bandwidth is/was often sold at peak bursting bandwidth speed
> as opposed to typical pipeline.  That 128k pipe was really running at
> 64k.  Not a Citrix problem, per se.  Make sure you have that spelled out
> very clearly by your supplier.  Size the pipe to accomodate you std
> traffic and your bursty traffic and you'll be fine.
> Did I mention not to map client network printers?
> 
> regards,
> bob
> 
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:57:21 +1000, Rick Mack <rick.mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi Jason,
> >
> > I haven't had many problems at all with reliable frame relay
> connections. However if the effect of bandwidth is a eral concrn to your
> management, then a really great tool for simulating restricted
> bandwidth, latency and error rates is a FreeBSD too called DummyNet.
> >
> > See http://cs.ecs.baylor.edu/~donahoo/tools/dummy/ .
> >
> > All you need is an old PC with 2 supported network cards, about 32 MB
> of RAM and a floppy drive. This will let you simulate most types of WAN
> connections including satellite latency.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > Ulrich Mack
> > Volante Systems
> >
> > ________________________________
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> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jason A. Silva
> > Sent: Tue 28/09/2004 5:42 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Citrix Over A Frame / Latent Network
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Someone told me that Citrix is known to have issues running smoothly
> over a Frame Type network.  Is this true or was this true with older
> versions?  Thank You.  I do not have much more detail other than
> someone's observations.
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