> Hi Robert,
> Thank you for responding. I just ran quite a few bandwidth tests on
my
> home pc using different test providers to obtain both upload & download
> speeds and the results were pretty consistant in each. The tests revealed
> that my download speed is approximately between 5.5 to 6.5 megs and upload
> speed was either 465 Kbps or 466 Kbps. So assuming these results are
> accurate, does this indicate that my issue is most likely with the VPN
rather
> than the connection speed? And if so.....is there anything I can do to
> determine what the issue may be and how to correct it? I realize that I
> should expect some minor latency in performance when connecting remotely,
but
> what I'm exoeriencing goes well beyond minor latency / lagging. Also,
since
> my remote work pc is running Windows XP Pro, is it possible I can use
Remote
> Desktop Web Connection instead of a VPN connection? Again, any help you
can
> provide would be greatly appreciated!

Why RDWC? You could use just RDC.
Can you describe in detail what exactly you are "exoeriencing"? Then someone
would be able to provide more precise feedback/help.

Hi Peter,

Ok, here's what is happening.....I've set up RD from my home pc running
Windows XP Home to connect to my work pc running Windows XP Pro and I have no
problems connecting remotely. My home pc is on a high speed cable connection
with plenty of bandwidth (downloads @ 6.5 megs and uploads @ 466 Kbps). My
work pc is also on a highspeed connection though it's bandwidth is a little
less (downloads @ 1.5 megs and uploads @ 786 Kbps). With that said, the
issue is that whenever I connect remotely from my home pc to my work pc via
VPN, I immediately notice a latency in speed on my work pc, and the longer I
remain remorely connected the latency / lagging becomes worse. I actually
timed the lag in speed once and it literally took over 7 minutes to open an
Excel spreadsheet then took over 10 minutes to close it. I ended up erasing
& reformatting the entire hard-drive on my home pc, reinstalled Windows XP,
then created the VPN network connection to my work pc again and remoted in.
This seemed to help tremendously, but the speed is still much to slow and
gets slower the longer I remain remoted in. I really can not efficiently /
effectively work from home with the latency I'm experiencing. Any
suggestions? Would increasing the bandwidth on either my home pc or work pc
help? Thanks!

"Peter" wrote:

> > Hi Robert,
> > Thank you for responding. I just ran quite a few bandwidth tests on
> my
> > home pc using different test providers to obtain both upload & download
> > speeds and the results were pretty consistant in each. The tests revealed
> > that my download speed is approximately between 5.5 to 6.5 megs and upload
> > speed was either 465 Kbps or 466 Kbps. So assuming these results are
> > accurate, does this indicate that my issue is most likely with the VPN
> rather
> > than the connection speed? And if so.....is there anything I can do to
> > determine what the issue may be and how to correct it? I realize that I
> > should expect some minor latency in performance when connecting remotely,
> but
> > what I'm exoeriencing goes well beyond minor latency / lagging. Also,
> since
> > my remote work pc is running Windows XP Pro, is it possible I can use
> Remote
> > Desktop Web Connection instead of a VPN connection? Again, any help you
> can
> > provide would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Why RDWC? You could use just RDC.
> Can you describe in detail what exactly you are "exoeriencing"? Then someone
> would be able to provide more precise feedback/help.
>
>
>

> Hi Peter,
>
> Ok, here's what is happening.....I've set up RD from my home pc running
> Windows XP Home to connect to my work pc running Windows XP Pro and I have
no
> problems connecting remotely. My home pc is on a high speed cable
connection
> with plenty of bandwidth (downloads @ 6.5 megs and uploads @ 466 Kbps).
My
> work pc is also on a highspeed connection though it's bandwidth is a
little
> less (downloads @ 1.5 megs and uploads @ 786 Kbps). With that said, the
> issue is that whenever I connect remotely from my home pc to my work pc
via
> VPN, I immediately notice a latency in speed on my work pc, and the longer
I
> remain remorely connected the latency / lagging becomes worse. I actually
> timed the lag in speed once and it literally took over 7 minutes to open
an
> Excel spreadsheet then took over 10 minutes to close it. I ended up
erasing
> & reformatting the entire hard-drive on my home pc, reinstalled Windows
XP,
> then created the VPN network connection to my work pc again and remoted
in.
> This seemed to help tremendously, but the speed is still much to slow and
> gets slower the longer I remain remoted in. I really can not efficiently
/
> effectively work from home with the latency I'm experiencing. Any
> suggestions? Would increasing the bandwidth on either my home pc or work
pc
> help? Thanks!

Thank you for explanation. The simple answer is don't.
Do not map drives over VPN. Work with excel remotely, i.e. on remote
machine, or use RDC to transfer excel file to a local PC (you did not say
how big it was), work on it locally, then RDC it back. MS does a lot of
network chatting with drives. Depending on directory content it might take
ages to open or close files over VPN mapped drives.
And you did not say how big network latency was (ping from host to remote).