MobaXterm
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Revision as of 10:41, 18 September 2014
MobaXterm can be used as an SSH client and X11 windows server in one! This will replace the old method of installing Xming and Putty to connect to the CVL cluster on Windows machines.
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Installing MobaXterm
- Download MobaXterm from http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/ (free version)
- Double click the MobaXterm_Setup_<version>.msi and accept the default options to install.
- Open MobaXterm (Start Menu)
- If prompted by the Windows firewall, allow access to XWin.exe
Using MobaXterm to connect to CVL
After opening MobaXterm, there are 2 ways of connecting to the CVL
Option1
- Select the Session icon in the top right hand corner of the screen.
- At the next screen, select SSH (top left corner)
- In the Remote host* box, enter a CVL machine address
- cvl.ece.vt.edu or cvl##.ece.vt.edu, where ## can be 01-15
- Check the 'Specify username box and enter your ECE account name
- Under Advanced SSH Settings, check that X11 forwarding is selected (should be on by default)
- Click OK, and enter your ECE password into the terminal
- To quit, you can simply type "exit" in the terminal window
Option 2
- Simply type the following command directly into the terminal window
ssh -X <eceusername>@cvl.ece.vt.edu
- Enter your password when prompted
