HOWTO-Tunneling through PuTTY

Linux Users

Right click on the desktop and select Open Terminal
Type ssh username@gluey.phys.uconn.edu
After entering your password this will put you in your home directory (/home/username)

Open Finder and navigate to Applications->Utilities and double-click on Terminal OR click on the magnifying glass in the top right corner and search for Terminal
Type ssh username@gluey.phys.uconn.edu
After entering your password this will put you in your home directory (/home/username)

The recommended program to use is PuTTY. Download the putty.exe file at the link provided. The following guide will assume you are using PuTTY.

Open PuTTY
On the main screen, under Host Name (or IP address), type gluey.phys.uconn.edu
In the Saved Sessions box type gluey and click the save button

In the left tree structure go to Connection->SSH->Tunnels. This grants the local source port the ability to see through a "tunnel" to the remote port. If a VNC session is desired then the port number here needs to match the port number of the VNC session. In this example a VNC session would need to be port 60. Only add 1 tunnel. Choose your own port number.
In Source Port type 5960
In Destination type gluey.phys.uconn.edu:5960 and click the Add button

In the tree structure go to Window->Colours
- If you would like your terminal to be black with white text leave the box Use system colours unchecked
- If you would like your terminal to be white with black text check the box Use system colours

Return to the main screen (at the top of the tree structure click Session) and click the save button again
With gluey loaded you can now click open
The first time you connect a window should pop up. Click yes to connect, then login with your provided username and password

After entering your password this will put you in your home directory (/home/username)
After the initial setup, logging in requires you to open PuTTY and opening your saved gluey session