Citrix Metaframe is a "thin client" software package that runs on top of Windows NT Terminal Server. It is essentially a 'throwback' to the old days of dumb terminals and mainframe computing.
All processing and I/O is done on the Windows NT Server - which clients can connect to using the Citrix client software... the client sends keystrokes & mouse clicks to the server, and receives screen updates (similar to PC Anywhere). For more information:
www.citrix.com
Granted my experience with MetaFrame is limited to land-lines and dial-up connections - but I don't see how the software would adversely effect your satellite bandwidth.... and on a 128kbps connection (assuming low latency), you should be able to support 3-5 concurrent users.
Regards,
Graham
Graham A. Fennie
Systems Engineer
Western NY Computing Systems, Inc.
(716) 381-4120 x7334
[email protected]
>>> Dan Shell <[email protected]> 11/09/1999 2:58:41 PM >>>
Just what is a metaframe?
And using TDMA should not cause a performance problem.
As Mark can tell you that the link utlilization in TCP/IP depends on the
quality of TCP/IP protocol stack and
if it has enable large windows (very important) adjustable buffers etc.)
At 01:53 PM 11/9/99 -0500, Mark Allman wrote:
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>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
> [email protected]
>Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 19:10:14 -0400
>Subject: Help in Satellite comunications
>
>
> At the moment we are working in a project that requires the use of
>satellite
>communication.
>Looking for information in the Internet I arrived to your web page. We need
>to clarify some topics and maybe you can help us or give us references
>where to find answers.
>The scene it is more or less this:
>
>Four locations of work exist, each one of them consists of a network
>Ethernet with platform NT,
>gateway, the connection between this locations are by means of satellite
>communication using
>TDMA with Dynamic Location of Time, a bandwidth of 512 Kbps and using
>Metaframe of citrix with
>the TCP/IP protocol.
>
>The main problem to face is the possibility that this bandwidth is not well
>used: some of the technicians of the project argue that with metaframe the
>transmission is limited to 128 kbps and the 512 Kbps available will not be
>used, due to the TDMA with Dynamic Location of Time. For this reason my
>concern is to find a similar systems in operation that uses this
>technology.
>
>The system looks like this:
>
>Two Ethernet networks with platform NT, communicated by means of satellite
>using technology
>TDMA (Dynamic Location of Time) with a bandwidth of 512kb. On one side we
>have applications servers and in the other side we have around about 20
>concurrent clients of relatively heavy applications using protocol TCP/IP.
>
>My questions are:
>
>1) It is true that with this technology (TDMA with DLT) the maximum
>bandwidth that I will be able to use
>is 128 Kbps even if I have a channel of 512 kbps ?
>
>2) If the previous is true, how would be the way to increase the
>bandwidth
>an at what cost of the communication channel? What would be maximum real
>bandwidth of this 512 Kbps channel ?
>
>3) Could someone give me references of similar projects that have been made
>? Any reference on the use of the metaframe with satellite communication
>(TDMA with DLT) ?
>
>I will appreciate any help ...
>
>Thanks in advance.
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Dan Shell
CISCO Systems Engineer Federal
Advanced Technologies
Wireless and Satellite
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