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Hi Alina,
Even at work, my ArcGIS Desktop is extremely slow – too slow to do anything productive. I discovered that my files are being hosted on a server that is 50 miles away.
Anyways, right now, I’m working from home and using the following option:
Option “3”:
I was issued a laptop to work at home. Tried to use ArcPro – too difficult to learn quickly.
I uninstalled my ArcGIS Desktop license from my computer at work (using the ESRI online license authorization wizard).
I installed ArcGIS Desktop on my laptop and re-authorized the license.
Using VPN and OneDrive, I copied relevant files from my network folders to equivalent folders on OneDrive.
I am working from OneDrive, and it’s crazy fast. OneDrive was the solution.
Good luck!
Becky
From: Northeast Arc Users Group <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Alina Taus
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:14 PM
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Subject: Slow ArcGIS connection across VPN
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Hello,
Like many people nowadays I find myself working from home and having to use a VPN connection to get on our network at work. Most of my work involves using ArcDesktop (v10.6.1) to directly connect to a SQL database or various file geodatabases either for editing or maintenance. I am experiencing a significant lag and was wondering if anybody has any advice on what I can do to improve my productivity and keep my sanity! Things I have tried so far:
Option 1: Use decent laptop to VPN into office network and Remote Desktop to my work PC, which at the time was still at the office. This was working ok, but I was having a lot of dropped connections, every 10-15 clicks my RDP screen would just freeze. That might have had to do with my internet or the VPN client. To fix the dropped connections IT suggested I just take my Desktop PC home and just use the VPN.
Option 2: Use VPN connection on work PC, which is now home. This is extremely slow, I waited 5 minutes for Arc to open up a map and it takes 20-30 seconds for the map to redraw.
I did find a GeoNet post about this issue but it was from 2012. The consensus was that Option 1 was the way to go. Is that still the case? Is there anything else I could do? I know I could create a checkout replica to edit locally, but I am afraid of possible crashes when trying to sync back to the SDE. I am now stuck with Option 2 but strongly considering going back to Option 1 as soon as I can get a laptop with ArcDesktop on it back into the office so I can RDP into it.
Thanks for any advice!
Alina Taus
Alina Taus, GISP
GIS Manager
Greater Augusta Utility District
12 Williams St, Augusta, ME, 04330
Tel: (207) 622-3701 x4269
Cell: (207) 485-7585
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