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SSH Tunneling X on Windows

The only consistently free X server for Windows is Cygwin. Other free X servers do pop up from time to time. Your best bet is to Google 'Windows X servers' to find out what is currently on the market. If you need help configuring or installing Cygwin, please check the documentation on Cygwin's home page: Cygwin or ask your POC.

Tunneling Over SSH with PuTTY

If you have a X server, putty can be used for tunneling X. Download PuTTY - PuTTY

Start up PuTTY

In the pane to the left select the following options:

• Under Connection select SSH, then X11.

• Click "Enable X11 Forwarding".

• Under Session

• Click on Protocol:SSH

• In the Hostname (or IP address) box. Enter hostname.

• In the Saved sessions box. Enter a mnemonic(xterm). Click Save.

• Select saved session name. Click Load. Click Open.
  Enter your CSlab username and password.

• Once you have started PuTTY - launch the X server.