Connecting to sbwin2 from home


Q. How do I connect to "sbwin2" from my home machine?

The following can be used to remotely connect from a student's
home PC to sbwin2 using the Citrix ICA client software.

  • Download the ICA Client for your Operating system from http://www.citrix.com/download/ica_clients.asp
  • Install the ICA client software on your system.
  • If you don't have an SSH2 client already installed then install one. For windows, the client from ssh.com is recommended.
  • In you SSH2 client configuration create an outgoing tunnel with the following parameters:
    Local/Listen Port: 1494
    Allow only local connections: YES
    Remote destination host: sbwin2.cs.sunysb.edu
    Remote destination port: 1494
  • Test the tunnel, by doing the following:
    - Connect to comperv1.cs.sunysb.edu using the ssh2 client.
    - Open up a command window.
    - Enter the command: netstat -an
    - If you do not see port 1494 on your machine in a LISTENING state, then there is something wrong. The tunnel has not been setup, and you must resolve this before continuing.
  • Once the tunnel has been established you need to startup the ICA client. The hostname of the server you are connecting to is "localhost".

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