How to Display Unix X Applications to Windows

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• Windows XP Professional or Home
• Attached to the EECS network, OSU_PUB wireless network, or home Internet connection
• Have an OSU EECS computing account
• Windows X-server software such as Reflection X
• Windows SSH software such as SSH.com's Windows SSH Application

Part 1: SSH Application
• Open the SSH Application (Start Menu -> Programs -> SSH Secure Shell -> Secure Shell Client)
• From the Edit Menu select Settings
• Select "Profile Settings" then "Tunnelling"
• Make sure "Tunnel X11 connectinos" is checked
• Click OK to save settings

Part 2: Reflection X
• Open Reflection X
  
• Let Reflection X sit, but don't quit the application or open any windows in Reflection

Part 3: Back to SSH
• Select File Menu -> Quick Connect:
     Host Name: nome.eecs.oregonstate.edu
     User Name: username [1]
     click: Connect
  
• if prompted, click "Yes" for 'Host Identification'
• Password: your OSU EECS Unix/Linux password [2]
• From the command line, open your X-application such as matlab or icfb or xclock.
• Display from SSH is sent to the Reflection-X application left running

Footnotes

• [1] - your normal EECS username.
• [2] - this is the password you would use to log in to a Solaris or Linux computer on the EECS network.