Citrix VideoTips

Branch Repeater FAQ

from amos on 9/23/08

Top Frequently Asked Questions for the Citrix Systems Branch Repeater. Featured are members of the Wanscaler Product Marketing team discussing the key features of the Branch Repeater.

Disabling SMB signing for CIFS optimization

from amos on 8/4/08

This video TIP will demonstrate how to disable SMB signing within a CIFS environment. The Citrix WanScaler optimizes the Microsoft CIFS protocol, this protocol which was designed for a LAN environment has a very high overhead and is bandwidth intensive. CIFS deployed over a WAN environment may provide unpredictable performance and user experience. SMB signing digitally encrypts the CIFS protocol between two Micosoft servers. When SMB signing is enabled then the WanScaler cannot inspect the encrypted CIFS traffic. One must note, that even with SMB enabled the WanScaler will acccelerate layer 4 TCP traffic and some performance improvement will be seen. If an administrator wishes to experience the high gains of actually optimizing CIFS you must disable SMB.

FTP transfer over Wanscaler, step 2

from amos on 6/26/08

CIFS acceleration demo, step 2

from amos on 6/25/08

This is the second video in a two part series showing CIFS acceleration over a WAN link using Wanscaler. This video will demonstrate the amount of CIFS optimization that occurs in a Wanscaler environment.

CIFS acceleration demo

from amos on 6/25/08

This is the first video in a two part series showing CIFS acceleration over a WAN link using Wanscaler. This video will demonstrate the transfer of a file between a client(XP Machine), and a Server (W2K3). We will transfer the file both with and without the Wanscalers to show the benefit of CIFS acceleration.

Configuring FTP over Wanscaler, step 4

from amos on 6/25/08

Monitoring the Wanscaler This is the fouth video in the four part series of configuring a Wanscaler environment for FTP demonstrations. The first in this series is Configuring the W2K3 machine. The second is configuring the XPclient, third is configuring the Linktropy Wan simulator, and fourth is monitoring the Wanscaler

FTP over Wanscaler, step 3

from amos on 6/25/08

Configuring the Linktrophy simulator. This is the third video in the four part series of configuring a WanScaler environment for FTP demonstrations. The first in this series is Configuring the W2K3 machine. The second is configuring the XPclient, third is configuring the Linktropy Wan simulator, and fourth is monitoring the Wanscaler

FTP transfer over Wanscaler, step 1

from amos on 6/25/08

Configuring the W2K3 server for FTP transfer. This is the first video in the four part series of configuring a WanScaler environment for FTP demonstrations. The first in this series is Configuring the W2K3 machine. The second is configuring the XPclient, third is configuring the Linktropy Wan simulator, and fourth is monitoring the Wanscaler.