Doug Murphy
dw-murphy at cox.net
Sat Jan 15 19:07:16 CST 2011
Hello John, I may be the wifi connection. I use Starbucks wifi sometime and it isn't quick at all. Can't comment on Arby's but I wouldn't use that test to rule your VPN out. Doug -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 3:37 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; VBA; Sqlserver-Dba Subject: [AccessD] SQL Server over Hamachi: First test not hopeful I developed a SQL Server database, with perhaps 10-15 tables, populated a few with just a handful of records, created an Access database and built a few forms. My strategy is to do Access because I can do it quickly, but link it to SQL Server, the run the FE on a remote computer over Hamachi. Tonight I went to a local Arby's to test the speed of the system. The local Arby's has an open wifi, which using Speedtest.net tested 5 mbit down, 1 mbit up - typical low end cable in my area. So I tried to use the system and... well... it took an extremely long time to connect, if it connected at all. Access mostly timed out trying to log on. SQL Server Management System would log on sometimes. Sometimes not. Trying to hit it at the actual Hamachi IP address worked but took awhile. 15 - 30 seconds to connect (I did not time it). To be honest I am puzzled. Google finds plenty of folks trying this, some succeeding, most pretty slow. Remote desktop is plenty fast. From inside of my office, out across the internet via Hamachi I have done things like file transfers etc (in the past). Remote desktop has always been very speedy, but there isn't much needed for RD. I had really expected faster connections / operation. I really expected SSMS to just work, pretty much at speed. It didn't. Sigh, back to the drawing boards. -- John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com