Deployment Best Practices for Citrix XenApp® over HughesNet™ Managed Network Services

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Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 1 HughesNet™ Managed Network Services ....................................................... 2 Citrix XenApp Overview..................................................................................... 4 Best Practices & Recommendations ................................................................ 6 Appendix A – Lab Environment – Detailed Diagram ..................................... 10 Appendix B – Citrix WAN Policy Configuration Instructions ....................... 11 Appendix C – SpeedScreen Configuration Instructions ............................... 15 Appendix D – Sample DEFAULT.ICA FILE with SpeedScreen Settings ...... 20

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Executive Summary
Broadband networks offer high-bandwidth but can often exhibit high-latency and/or higher jitter with certain wireless technologies. The unique nature of high-latency networks causes poor performance amongst latency-sensitive applications. Hughes Network Systems leverages over 20 years of experience in managing enterprise networks and has over 110,000 sites under management. The result is a comprehensive set of managed network features and functionality. This functionality, available as part of any one of Hughes’ Managed Network Services, allows customers to offload much of the network operational support to Hughes, while retaining full visibility and oversight of the network. HughesNet Managed Network Services has many distinct advantages over other terrestrial based and other highlatency carriers: • • • • • • • Business users need only deal with a single vendor for their