Be sure to enable SSH compression and you may want to opt for a crypto scheme with less overhead (eg Blowfish). On another note: Does anyone out there have any benchmark data on VNC vs. direct X11 forwarding? - Erich On Dec 23, 2007 10:15 PM, Kevin Buettner wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:37:30 -0700 > "Bryan O'Neal" wrote: > > > I am working on remote machines a lot lately, and while I have killer > > pipes at one end, and fairly good pipes at the other end, using X11 aps > > like fire fox is down right painful. Any way to speed it up through my > > ssh_conf or sshd_conf files? I typically login in using -X -Y, but it > > will take upwards of two minutes just to launch firefox. > > I've found that VNC works pretty well for running X apps remotely. > > Kevin > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- "A man is defined by the questions that he asks; and the way he goes about finding the answers to those questions is the way he goes through life." --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss