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Remote access to frontview unusably slow - what can be done?
Hi, not sure if this is the right place for this question, but here goes: How can I improve or even influence the speed of accessing a remote NAS from across the Atlantic? I'm trying to set up a b...
I have set up / forwarded an alternate https port, and I frequently log in with frontview remotely (including when I am overseas). Generally I have not had any issues, though of course the speeds are slower. I also use fios. So it is a bit surprising that you aren't able to.
Even if you have fast connections at both locations, you are still subject to cross-congestion / slowdowns on the full wide area connection path (across the Atlantic for instance). So your speeds will vary, and connections can time out.
Therefore, for file transfers I would suggest FTP, (and also suggest enabling upload resume on the NAS). Then if a connection drops, the transfer can automatically resume, so it is much more robust than http. (Backup with FTP may not be so easy, since incremental FTP is more-or-less deprecated).
If you have VNC or remote desktop installed, you can also connect to a PC at home base, and use its browser to connect to frontview. I don't know if that would be any faster though (and wouldn't recommend trying to do file transfers that way).
Even if you have fast connections at both locations, you are still subject to cross-congestion / slowdowns on the full wide area connection path (across the Atlantic for instance). So your speeds will vary, and connections can time out.
Therefore, for file transfers I would suggest FTP, (and also suggest enabling upload resume on the NAS). Then if a connection drops, the transfer can automatically resume, so it is much more robust than http. (Backup with FTP may not be so easy, since incremental FTP is more-or-less deprecated).
If you have VNC or remote desktop installed, you can also connect to a PC at home base, and use its browser to connect to frontview. I don't know if that would be any faster though (and wouldn't recommend trying to do file transfers that way).
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