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Overview
VNC = Virtual Network Computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC enables you to set up a connection from a remote host (e.g. a PC offsite) to a session on a SLAC Linux host. For access to control system components such as edm displays or matlab programs, VNC often provides the best performance.
This document contains instructions for setting up a connection from a Windows PC to a VNC linux session.
PC Configuration
- Install vpn if you don't have it already. Instructions from SCCS are here: https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/NetMan/How+to+Connect+to+SLAC+VPN
- Download and install the vnc for windows viewer client software executable from here: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html
- Download and install putty, if you don't have it already. Once you install and run vpn, you can get putty from the SLAC xweb: https://xweb.slac.stanford.edu/
References
SLAC Linux VNC page: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/vnc.html
contacts:
- Judy Rock
- Jingchen Zhou