Remote access from home to the sbs2k3 based office LAN is extreeemly slow (2, 5 or even 15 mins to update the screen) once connected.
Could I please have some sugestions as to where to start with this - the client is getting desperate
Connecting to the server can take secconds *or* repeated attempts for 5-10 mins.
There are 4-5 WinXP clients connecting to the sbs2k3 box via VPN.
1 the adminstrator (myself)
1 (after connecting via VPN) uses the built in Remote Desktop Web Connection to work on the Office computer ...and...
3 use laptops to perform the following tasks -
- sync files (I have setup "Briefcases" on the laptops) with Shared Folders on desktops in the office
- use an accounting package (installed *on the laptop*) to review the accounts DB ina shared folder on the server
- use an estimating application (installed *on the laptop*) to update/input the DB data in a shared folder on an office computer (not the server)
The fact that even the user acccessing the shared folder *on the server* has problems makes me think that the problem lies with either the Internet connection/bandwidth or the server itself. Internet connection is via Cable modem with Shaw Communications
Bandwidth tests using and have shown that the bandwidth varies from 2.76MB/s down to 893Kb/s and when it was really bad the other night the tracert took 432 - 1092ms over the last hop
Thanks
Could I please have some sugestions as to where to start with this - the client is getting desperate
Connecting to the server can take secconds *or* repeated attempts for 5-10 mins.
There are 4-5 WinXP clients connecting to the sbs2k3 box via VPN.
1 the adminstrator (myself)
1 (after connecting via VPN) uses the built in Remote Desktop Web Connection to work on the Office computer ...and...
3 use laptops to perform the following tasks -
- sync files (I have setup "Briefcases" on the laptops) with Shared Folders on desktops in the office
- use an accounting package (installed *on the laptop*) to review the accounts DB ina shared folder on the server
- use an estimating application (installed *on the laptop*) to update/input the DB data in a shared folder on an office computer (not the server)
The fact that even the user acccessing the shared folder *on the server* has problems makes me think that the problem lies with either the Internet connection/bandwidth or the server itself. Internet connection is via Cable modem with Shaw Communications
Bandwidth tests using and have shown that the bandwidth varies from 2.76MB/s down to 893Kb/s and when it was really bad the other night the tracert took 432 - 1092ms over the last hop
Thanks