Newly released ICA client

[ghyde]

I installed the client today, but whenever I try to use it, I get a message saying the connection with <server> was broken. I'm on a home office LAN via a linksys router. The latest citrix Program Neighborhood is installed on the PC (win 98 SE). I've tried connecting via computer name, and IP address.

I appreciate your help.

[ghyde]

I'm getting the impression that not many people (if anyone here) is familiar with ICA. Makes since, since it's apparently new and esoteric.

[Sogni]

What the heck is ICA?

[ghyde]

It's a Citrix thing. Sorry, I don't know what ICA stands for.

[ghyde]

Ok, quite simply, what do I need (citrix, winframe, terminal server) to have running on Win 98 (on my LAN), that will allow me to run win apps in 10.2 with citrix ICA client?

Sounds like an easy question, but I've been unable to find a straight answer Anywhere!

[Ripcord]

Unfortunately, nothing will let you run apps of your Win98 box and display them with a Citrix ICA client.

The Citrix ICA Client is intended to display apps from an ICA server, namely Citrix's Winframe or Metaframe servers. Winframe is essentially a modified version of Windows NT 3.51 and not really around much anymore. It's not an add-on package but a standalone OS. Metaframe IS an add-on, but will only run on top of a Windows Server product with built-in Terminal Services, like Windows NT4 Terminal Server or Windows 2000 Server.

It is a technology that works very well (especially if you have the expensive add-ons that allow remote sound, high-color displays, drive mapping, etc.), but unfortunately will NOT work with Win98.

If you have Win2000 Server and a copy of Metaframe 1.8 handy (and the appropriate licenses or *ahem* a way around them, then you're in business.

Rip

[Ripcord]

In fact, if you're looking for something like this, a solution that would probably be more in your ballpark would be something like this:

WinXP Professional running on your PC
Remote Desktop Connection for Macintosh (Microsoft) running on OS X.

This will give you very similar features to the ICA stuff, and technology is very similar (a huge chunk of it is licensed from Citrix). However, it will still cost money - $200 for WinXP Pro (versus many thousands of dollars for Citrix Metaframe and a Windows server product).

I'm still trying to find some way to get OS X to display remotely on my PCs. Anyone aware of a program that will do this? (And I'm not talking about running an X Client on the Mac, etc. - more like Apple Remote Desktop, but with a PC client)

Rip

[metfoo]

i believe its the way the server is configured. I am having the same issues.

The windows systems admin hates mac, and therefore does all he can to try to eliminate them from my campus's labs. I am the apple systems admin and have to deal with his crap.

everytime i get citrix working in 10, he finds a way to screw it up again trying to make the apples look bad.

so i decided to just install our campus version of office x instead and bypass his citrix crap altogether