RE: ICA client for Linux vs rdesktop RDP client running under Linux

[Kevin Everts <kme19@xxxxxxxxx>]

Darran, you wrote:
ICA also supports the remote port mapping/printing
facility of RDP5.1

Does this mean Windows .Net will support port mapping?


--- "Darran D. Rimron-Molloy"
<ddrm@digital-science.net> wrote:
> 
> > Other than colors/sound, is there some advantage
> to installing
> > Citrix Server
> > on my Win2K server and running the ICA client
> under Linux.  Any
> > disadvantages other than cost (performance,
> stability)?
> 
> My metaframe experience is very limited, but it does
> not have the drawbacks
> of Winframe.
> Winframe is based around NT3.51 - there is your
> biggest disadvantage. ICA
> also supports the remote port mapping/printing
> facility of RDP5.1
> 
> Win2kAS, or whatever MS varient you choose, is
> permitted to be an SMB type
> server too, ie you can use it for all normal NT type
> stuff.... IIRC you
> can't do that kinda stuff with Citrix options, it's
> a breach of the licence,
> etc.... alteast it was with WinFrame - although
> technically, nothing stopped
> you doing it....
> 
> But, in its favour, the Citrix varients are
> [normally] C2 compliant and, of
> course, the clients are freely available and
> supported, and, I want to say,
> open on the protocol spec's, but why do I think I am
> probably wrong on this
> matter....
> 
> 	-Darran
> 
> 


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