[geeks] Citrix Stuff.....

[Earl Baugh]

Got a question about this Citrix stuff.   I purchased a couple of Wyse ICA
(I think that's the acronym) hardware "terminals" (i.e. a NICE little box, 
with
VGA connection, network port, and standard PC kbd and mouse ports) thinking
that hey, they'd be nice to put in place near the TV's around the house (and
with a couple of VGA-TV adapters I can get, a wireless keyboard and mouse)
I could have net access in the Den, upstairs, etc. for that casual "I'm 
bored" web
surfing type activity (instead of heading down to the computer room 1st 
floor).

But much to my dismay, I can't find any "relatively inexpensive" way to 
drive these
bastards.   I'd like to keep reasonably legal here.  I've got a NT 4.0 
workstation
box that could function as the server (though I realized I may have to 
upgrade it to NT server...)
I looked at the UNIX version of a Citrix server, which looked pretty good, but
again too expensive for simple home use.  I spoke to some Citrix reps at 
the Atlanta
  Unix User Group, and pretty much got told, "well, our solution is for 
large configurations, in
the 100's of users, where our server cost is much less than the management 
and support
of a box-per-user" which pretty much translated to "home users, with a few 
terminals, you're
out of luck"

They  make "decent" telnet boxes (which does have usefulness....but not as 
much as
a web browser capable solution).

Anybody got a source, even if it's not the most current version of 
something (cause the
boxes I have aren't the most current Wyse made/makes), that would allow me 
to make
these things useful?

Earl


>Message: 9
>From: Ken Hansen <Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com>
>To: "'geeks at sunhelp.org'" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: RE: [geeks] VPN suggestions
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:29:11 -0400
>Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>
>My office uses WinNT & Citrix for most in-house users (mainly heavy 
>MS-Office users), and it is quite reasonable, and all but eliminates 
>problems on the desktop.
>
>For remote access, we use Citrix clients over VPN software, and it works 
>great.
>
>With my laptop, wireless 802.11b network, and ADSL line, my laptop feels 
>just as fast/responsive as a local Citrix client, hanging off a 100 Mb/sec 
>switch port.
>
>The other upside is that I can do *anything* remotely that I could do in 
>the office (incl. file shares, printers, etc.).
>
>I understand that dial-up performance is quite reasonable as well, never 
>tested it myself. And finally, remote offices are easy to accomodate, as 
>all they need is a nice internet connection.
>
>HTH,
>
>Ken
>