Accessing Remote.Eos.Ncsu.Edu with GUI from a EOS Vista PC

Accessing remote.eos.ncsu.edu with GUI from a EOS Vista PC

1. Open PuTTy from the Start->Programs menu:

2. X-Win32 will automatically load concurrently with PuTTy: 3. Once the PuTTy window has loaded, under ‘Saved Sessions’ select EOS and click load:

4. Click ‘Open’ in the lower right corner of the window to launch the terminal. You will then be presented with a login prompt. Enter your NCSU Unity ID and password. 5. You’re all set to use the terminal window and launch GUI based applications! Accessing a Linux VCL machine (with X11 GUI) on an EOS Lab PC.

1. Visit vcl.ncsu.edu and create a reservation for the system you wish to use.

2. Once you have the reservation, click ‘Connect!’

3. You will be given the necessary information to log in once the connection has been established:\

4. Open PuTTy from Start->Programs:

5. Once PuTTy has loaded, select VCL from the ‘Saved Sessions’ box and click ‘Load’: 6. Now enter the correct VCL IP Address as indicated below by the red line:

7. Click ‘Open’ in PuTTy. You will be prompted with a Security Alert, click ‘Yes’

8. You will be prompted with a “login as:” request at the terminal window. Use the log in credentials provided on the VCL page (below the IP address).

9. You’re ready to use the machine!