Remote Desktop connection speed lags after repeated connections

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Here's my dilema:

From home on a cable modem I VPN into my corporate office and then use
Remote Desktop to run my office system. All is well. I log off and later in
the day VPN back in and re-connect to my system via Remote Desktop. Now
Remote Desktop is basically unusable because anything I do has a 1-2 minute
delay...it's as if I'm on a 9600 baud modem!

The only fix (that I'm aware of) is to drive to work and reboot my system,
then go back home and tunnel in again and re-connect via Remote Desktop. All
will be well...until I log off and re-connect later.

Any ideas why I'm getting this horrible delay?
 
Mad said:
Here's my dilema:

From home on a cable modem I VPN into my corporate office and then use
Remote Desktop to run my office system. All is well. I log off and
later in the day VPN back in and re-connect to my system via Remote
Desktop. Now Remote Desktop is basically unusable because anything I
do has a 1-2 minute delay...it's as if I'm on a 9600 baud modem!

The only fix (that I'm aware of) is to drive to work and reboot my
system, then go back home and tunnel in again and re-connect via
Remote Desktop. All will be well...until I log off and re-connect
later.

Any ideas why I'm getting this horrible delay?
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Are you logging off, or disconnecting, from the RD session?
What do you see in the event logs on the host/RD computer?
 
I disconnect my RDC when done. Event log shows:

The Security System could not establish a secured connection with the server
DNS/ccedcam01.americas.hpqcorp.net. No authentication protocol was available.

I'm not sure why this appears-my connection (VPN) works fine.
 
As Lanwench asked...have you tried logging off versus disconnecting?

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I'm not sure what you mean. When I want to "end" my RDC, I move my mouse to
the top of the window and select the "X" on the drop down that appears to
end my RDC session. Is there another way to end RDC?
 
Let me add more information:

I drove into work to reboot the problem system. After rebooting, I RDC into
it via a second system in my office, then disconnected, then RDC'd in
again...and so on and so on and so on. Each time I used RDC to connect I was
able to run my system with no problem. These were two systems sitting
side-by-side in my office.

As soon as I got home, I VPN'd in, connected to my office system and found
everythign worked great. I then disconnected and reconnected five minutes
later and now the connection is useless...anything I do only works half-way.
If I click something, the object will highlight, but then I can't do anythign
with it. It's like I'm on a 9600 baud modem!!!!

What could possibly be causing my office system to work the first time I RDC
in from home and then never again until I drive to work and reboot the
fricking thing! This is really starting to piss me off!!!

Both systems are XP Pro running SP1a on my office system and SP2 on the home
system. No third party firewall is on either system. If I VPN into my
office system, from home, I can' access files without any delays. It's only
when I use RDC that the problems begin.
 
Turns out the problem was the way I was shutting down RDC connection - I
never knew that I was supposed to use Start > Disconnect...I always just
clicked the X in to close the RDC window.
 
Yes it did fix the problem. What a relief! I was fighting this for several
nights and getting really tired of having to drive to work to reboot my
machine.

What I do not understand is why does that drop down from the top of the
window appear and allow me to disconnect (by clicking the X)? If I click the
"X", it asks me to confirm if I want to "...disconnect the session...", which
is the same wording as going to Start > Disconnect. The only difference is
using the "X" will leave the remote system (host) in an unstable state and
further re-connects will be seriously bogged down.

Also, I use RDC at work (I use my laptop to RDC into my office system while
sitting in boring meetings) and I have always used the "X" to
disconnect...and I'll do this 5-6 times a day and never have a lag like I do
if I VPN in from home and disconnect via the "X". Apparently this lag only
occurs when tunneling in.
 
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