Multi-Site VPN: Slow access to DOS Application

[ebiz03]

Issue: I am working for a multi-lot used car company. The remote sites VPN users are complaining of slow speed when accessing the DOS based inventory management application.

Setup:

Win2k3 Server (Domain Controler) at main office that hosts the DOS inventory application.

Main office has a static IP DSL connection with speed tested by speakeasy.net of 2075kbps down and 363kbps up. There are 12 users at this main office that access the DOS application via the LAN.

VPN routers are Linksys BEFVP41 model. Three remote sites with dynamic IPs connect to the main site via IPSec tunnels configured router to router. Each remote site has two users.

Two remote sites have DSL, one remote site has Cable internet (DSL not availalble to this site).

Questions:

How can I increase the speed for remote users accessing this dos inventory control application? Is it as simple as increasing the upload bandwidth at the main office?

I have tried my best to provide all relevant information about my setup, but please ask if I can provide any more detail. Thanks in advance for assistance.

 

[JimPletcher]

The nornal options are:
Increase upload speed - (at the main site first)
Switch to Remote Desktop over VPN

Your server has provisions for two simultaneous Remote Desktop connections. Try one of them (not as Admininstrator) to see how well the arrangement works.
If you like it, buy enough Terminal Server licenses and make sure the server has enough RAM to handle the additiona load.
Another option (preferred) would be to setup an inexpensive server at the main location for the treminal services connections.

 

[ebiz03]

The remote desktop is very fast. However, the complexity becomes printing. Users print receipts and reports to old Okidata dot martix printers which I would have to install on the terminal server. I guess I was just hoping more bandwidth would be the silver bullet.