We are running Breen Accounting using Terminal Services from a school 
with a cable modem. We are also using Citrix for FileMaker remote access 
to two schools and home access. Citrix has worked so well that we are 
even using it for access over our LAN. The big issue has been local 
printing but we seemed to have worked out most of the bugs.

I have experimented with SASI over Citrix with less positive results. 
Speed has been an issue compared to access over the LAN. SASI assures me 
they have many sites that are working well but I have to keep my 
secretaries happy. We will due more testing later this year.

Bob Owens
Technology Coordinator
Addison NW Supervisory Union
48 Green St.
Vergennes, VT 05491
v. 802 877-3332
f. 802 877-3628



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Doug Reaves wrote:

>We are investigating the implementation of a WAN that would link the supervisory union and its school districts together. In its initial phase, the plan is to centralize administrative servers and software and to create a means by which the supervisory union and the schools within to share curricula, standards, and student data (for the su only). The shared applications would be accounting (NEMRC), special ed (SpEdDoc), and maybe student administrative software.
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>I have very little experience using applications over a WAN, so it is hard for me to know what this experience would be like for the user. Our users are accustomed to accessing applications and data from the LAN where response time is quick. It may be hard for them to see the long term benefits of consolidation, if they see a degradation in the speed of their programs.  Bandwidth must be an important consideration in addressing this issue. Can anyone recommend minimums in bandwidth based on approximately 40 concurrent users? Are there other stumbling blocks that those of you with WANs have had to address?
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>Thanks,
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>Doug Reaves
>Bellows Free Academy
>Fairfax, Vermont
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