From: martin.bodenstedt@gmx.de   
      
   John F Kappler wrote:   
      
   > I've finally managed to get VPN working for our remote notebook users.   
   >   
   > They are now dialing-in to an ISP, making their VPN connection and   
   > then trying to open an Access database on our file server. Great.   
   > However......   
   >   
   > Performance is very slow, so my question is, what is likely to be the   
   > worst bottleneck? Is it the dial-up connection, coming in at 30k? Or   
   > the broadband link to the office which is a standard 500? Or is it the   
   > way that Access handles the database files?   
      
   Hmmm,   
      
   if one end uses a 30k dialin connection and the other end a "standard   
   500" then that end certainly is not the bottleneck.   
      
   What you have to bear in mind is that VPN adds a little overhead to your   
   IP traffic (the tunnel envelope) so You might want to reduce MTU size a   
   little on the client side (to reduce packet fragmentation).   
      
   What happens if you open the access database (using the same   
   application) when on the local LAN?   
      
      
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