When connecting to a Windows VCL environment:
A Remote Access Client is required.
Remote Desktop Connection Clients
- Windows – Remote Desktop Connection is included in Windows
- Mac OS X – Install Microsoft Remote Desktop from the Apple App Store
- Linux – The client required is called freerdp. Most modern distro’s include this package, if not the tool can be downloaded from a third party site:
- Chrome OS – Install Microsoft Remote Desktop from the Google Play Store
Information on the usage of the Remote Desktop Clients can be found here
Ericom Blaze: RDP Acceleration
- The Ericom Blaze client is an rdp accelerator that exceeds the default remote desktop connection protocol
- Installed in select VCL images, such as Solidworks, Matlab, AutoCad, etc
- It requires a client to be downloaded (links for download are displayed on the Connect dialog for reservations with Blaze installed)
- The clients are available for
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac OSX
- IOS, and android devices (search for ericom in Apple App Store or Google Play)
When connecting to a Linux VCL environment:
An ssh client plus an X windows system is required.
SSH (Secure Shell) client
- Windows – Putty lightweight ssh client.
- Mac OS X – a native ssh client is available in the OS. Open a Terminal window:
- Enter:
ssh -X <yourusername>@<IP address provided on "Connect page">
- Enter:
- Linux- normally a native ssh client is available in the OS. Open a Terminal window:
- Enter:
ssh -X <yourusername>@<IP address provided on "Connect page">
- Enter:
- Chrome OS – there are multiple SSH clients available for Chrome OS on the Google Play Store
- Light weight clients
- Heavier weight clients (includes bash, ssh client, other applications,
etc)
X11 – X Window System
- Windows – There are couple of X11 windows systems
- X-Win32 Starnet Communications NCSU holds a site license available to NCSU users.
- NCSU download (requires NCSU login)
- Xming(Free) – Simple install, work wells with putty. Xming is a sourceforge project.
- NCSU EOS remote access setup instructions for putty and X-win32
- X-Win32 Starnet Communications NCSU holds a site license available to NCSU users.
- Mac OS X – X11 will need to be installed. This is usually found in the Apple App Store.
- Linux/Unix – X11 is a natively installed package.
Remote Desktop Connection Client
Microsoft Remote Desktop can also be used to connect to Linux environments if the environment has xRDP connection method enabled.
- Windows – Remote Desktop Connection is included in Windows
- Mac OS X – Install Microsoft Remote Desktop from the Apple App Store
- Chrome OS – Install Microsoft Remote Desktop from the Google Play Store
Information on the usage of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client can be found here