Hi,

I have a question about client/server communication in a very thin
client system:

  While I recognize that COM/DCOM is easier to implement from a
  programming perspective, does COM/DCOM impose greater bandwidth
  demands on the network than an "old-fashioned" TCP/IP port
  connection where small packets are transfered?

Morgan Rodwell
Fluor Daniel

Morgan,

You will find that more bandwidth is used, but the differences are marginal
once a connection is established.  Requests go to and from the client and
server as packaged data - just as your raw TCP/IP implementation does, but in
COM/DCOM you will have some RPC headers - which aren't that big neither.

Nick.

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Maybe the bandwith doesn't increase a lot, the time to set up a connection
explodes. Setting up a TCP socket takes milliseconds, a COM connection
seconds.

Also, TCP/IP is portable to whatever platform you imagine, and requires
less server power. So propably TCP is the better option, but requires more
work.

Dani?l Mantione