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Win 98SE client Win2k VPN slow connect

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by sabino

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I recently set up a Win2k VPN server and am having problems with Win98SE clients. I am able to connect through the VPN with no problem but once I am connected I get incredibly slow response time when telneting to our Alpha our using our email client (it connects to the Alpha via IMAP). The connections we have been testing have all been cable modems. If I connect a Win2k Pro client via the same connection I have no problems at all. Through 98SE it seems as though data is being returned in chunks. If I am using telnet to connect to the Alpha and have it display a 100 character file to the screen there is no problem. If I have it type a 2000 character file to the screen it returns one screen full of data, sits and spins for 30 seconds or so and then returns another screen full of data. I'm just crossing the great divide from the world of programming to the world of networking so please forgive me if there is some obvious setting that I have missed on the client or server. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Becca

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by sodatracy

according to mcse windows 2000 professional training guide (new riders pub.) pg. 16 (side note) "windows nt and beta releases of windows 2000 provide support for the alpha platform. you should note that Microsoft has discontinued support for the alpha platform." could this be the problem?

by sabino

sodatracy,

Thanks for the quick response. We've been doing some testing and it does seem possible that the Alpha is part of the problem but we are having a difficult time determining whether it is the Alpha in particular or telnet in general. Ihave not seen the large response delay when telneting to our routers but the data seems to be returned a little bit differently. I've found that when I am connected to the Alpha and I enter a command that will cause a couple of screens worth of data to be displayed it works just wonderfully if I include an additional parameter at the end that forces the display to pause it each page break and prompt the user to press any key to continue. This mimics the way the data is returned when telnetingto the router. If I sit there and tap the space bar the data scrolls by without any delay. I'm thinking that it is a buffering issue on the client end but I am not sure where to tweak things to resolve it. So why did I ever decide to leave programming and go into networking anyway?

Thanks again,
Becca

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