We support a few remote locations with very slow, high latency internet links. One issue has kept us with ESXi 5.5 and the fat C# client. The login page on ESXi 6.5 takes over 8 minutes to load, before you can type in your password. Even then, it doesn't actually login, just gives an error, which varies between timeout and lost connection, then it boots you back out again.
I can see a steady stream of data coming from the host via resource monitor, but it tops at 15Kb/sec. The link we're working with is a 600Kb/sec link and 300ms latency; this is under ideal conditions, which is rarely the case.
I can sort of replicate this with Workstation running a nested ESXi host. I've ruled out the site-to-site VPN being an issue, but going direct to the https port and nothing actually changes. I'm hoping someone will have had experience with this and would have any ideas on how to better cope with the low-speed & high latency combination.
Bill
