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THIS SERVICE REQUIRES USING VPN FROM OFF-CAMPUS.

See, Connecting to the University of Texas VPN, for detailed instructions on how to setup and use campus VPN

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"MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal for Windows with an X11 server, a tabbed SSH client and several other network tools for remote computing (VNC, RDP, telnet, rlogin)". - MobaXterm Website


MobaXterm is a good, free, Windows-based application that can be used to connect to ECE Linux servers remotely and launch engineering applications such as MATLAB with a graphical user interface (GUI).

IMPORTANT - After installation, a couple of easy steps are needed to configure MobaXterm to prevent your session from being vulnerable and open to

authorized

unauthorized connections.

Installation

  • Download MobaXterm (personal edition) from http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html
  • Locate the downloaded installer and double-click to begin the installation process
  • If prompted for administrative credentials, enter the username and password of an account with administrative privileges.

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  • Be sure to click on the OK button after this selection to save your selection
  • Next, create an SSH session and enter an ECE remote Linux server host.  For a complete list of ECE remote Linux service, reference the IT webpage at http://www.ece.utexas.edu/it/remote-linux

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  • Click OK to save your session.
  • You will then be prompted with a Login screen to the specific ECE server host chosen.  You will also see a list of saved sessions in the left column

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Be sure to successfully log off your Linux session.  Failure to do so will leave multiple, open sessions that could be taking up limited licenses.  ECE-IT will monitor and disable multiple inactive sessions.