

TeamViewer is not currently installed on DELL. Nomachine is freely available to students, but limited to one simultaneous connection.Ħ) TeamViewer: TeamViewer is another alternative freeware remote desktop server/client that is installed on the DELL Windows workstation. For other computers, you may need to install the server version on the remote workstation and client version on your laptop (or local computer). For Windows based remote workstations, Microsoft Remote Desktop client works the best.ĥ) Nomachine: Nomachine is an alternative remote login freeware,installed on DELL workstation.

It uses RDP protocol developed by Microsoft to remotely login and connect. Enter your account details to get connected.Ĥ) Microsoft Remote Desktop: If you need to use full display environment on DELL workstation, on DELL Workstation, you can use Microsoft Remote Desktop application available on Windows (pre-installed) and Mac (need to be downloaded and installed from macOS app store). For macOS, click on Go → Connect to Server → vnc://ip_address from the top menu bar. To connect, for now use the IP address of the machines. It also requires that you first log into VPN. This is the slowest way to communicate with the server. There are also free windows client for VNC. Apple's VNC client is called Screen Sharing. running multiple programs at once or administering the machine, you can use a VNC remote desktop client. It can be obtained by typing hostname at the prompt.ģ) VNC: If you need to see the full display environment of the remote host (e.g. Hostname is the name of the machine on which you are working. If the programs require a display, you will need to set the display environment so that you can see the display window. You can then execute any unix command and launch programs. It would help if you know the basic UNIX commands (see UNIX section below).ġ) SSH: If you need an X-window to execute commands from a command line, use ssh. Some are more secure than others and some are more efficient than others. There are many ways to connect to the server from a remote machine.


Once you’re connected to the JH Pulse Secure network, you can VNC directly to the server. Then download the client and install on the home computer. That will bring up a form with 2 options client based and clientless(Web based) – you need the client based and to justify it you can just say ‘need to access server remotely’ (or something more well worded. JHU currently uses Pulse Secure as the VPN client. In other words it allows your local machine to act as if it's connected to the private network. It creates a secure tunnel between the local machine outside of the private network and a remote machine inside the private network (JHU). For most remote connections, accessing software on Mac servers and computing resources on MARCC, you will need to connect to JHU network using VPN.
