In this attempt i've had a working wingate vpn connection for over a year now, no real problems. Lately the office have been looking for a way to access databases through the vpn connection. This however is acting real slow. The databases in question are SQL Anywhere 9 and MSSQL. While accessing a database i've tried to note how much data gets transfered in the process. This came down to about 4-5 KB/s. Both lines host a 3000/3000 kbps SDSL so it's nowhere near reaching a good reading. So I tried to do a copy of a large file to see what it would come up with, this kept jumping between 170- 220 KB/s which seems fair. Now I understand there are differences on how data is sent in the two cases and the method of connection is different, even so.
My question is this then, I would like to know of a way to increase access speeds to databases through VPN and was hoping there were something that could be tried. I would hate to have to resolve to terminal services in order to get decent speed. Having to set one of those up would put me in a real pinch as i need to get this up and running asap.
Let me know if there's any need for any more technical details.