C2G 52064 Single Port KVM over IP - Manual (Page 2)

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Chapter 6.2.3.3
The new Drive Redirection utility can be obtained from your distributor.
Encoding (added feature)
Allows to adjust both compression ratio and the color depth separately.
Depending on the selected compression ratio the data packets between the
IP-KVM switch and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save
network bandwidth. Since high compression ratios are very time consuming,
they should not be used while several users are accessing the IP-KVM switch
simultaneously.
The standard color depth is 8 Bit (256 colors). The other color depths are
intended for slower network connections in order to allow a faster
transmission of packets. Therefore compression level 0 (no compression)
uses only 16 Bit color depth. At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit (16 colors) and 2
Bit (4 gray scales) are recommended for typical desktop interfaces.
Photo-like pictures have best results with 4 Bit (16 gray scales). 1 Bit color
depth (black/white) should only be used for extremely slow network
connections.