Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:36 AM
So I posted a while ago about an issue I was having with some thin clients and linksys routers, and how we couldn't access Citrix apps or RDP...but if the rourter was removed from the equation, everything was fine.
We did more testing, and had wacky results: a laptop hooked up to a Linksys router would could access the Citrix apps and RDP, but a thin client hooked up to the same router wouldn't.
It would work fine at home but not at the locations.
Finally we have what we think is a solution. It's very technical though, so make sure to follow along. Ready:
1. Get local user to go to electronic store and buy a D-Link router
2. Replace Linksys router with purchased D-Link router
3. Start up thin client and enjoy access to Citrix and RDP
Seriously...the whole thing is an issue with the Linksys routers. I've never really liked Linksys...been a D-Link man for a number of years. This just cements my bias that even with Cisco purchasing them, Linksys is NOT the best commercial product out there for home or SOHO router solutions.
We're going to test a few more though first before I say that D-Link is the savoior of our project, but I have a hunch that we'll have no problems with them.
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