Access the VNC server from your Windows computer

On Windows computers we will use MobaXterm to connect to the VNC server.

If you don’t have it already, download and install MobaXterm on your Windows computer (https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html).

On your Windows computer start MobaXterm

• Go to “Session"

• Select “VNC” and fill in all the options:
• • In “Basic Vnc Settings”
    • set “Remote hostname or IP address” to the spectrometer computer (e.g. to connect to kerry, type kerry.nmrfam.wisc.edu)
    • set the correct port number (Port: 590#, with # being your session number) for the VNC server running on the spectrometer computer (e.g. use 5902 for kerry.nmrfam.wisc.edu:2)
  • In “Advanced Vnc settings” > “Network setting”
    • click on “Connect through SSH gateway (jump host)”
    • set the “Gateway SSH server” to gw1.nmrfam.wisc.edu (or gw2.nmrfam.wisc.edu)
    • leave the default value for “Port“
    • Under “User” enter your NetID username (e.g. paulo)
  • Click on “OK”
  • You will be prompted to enter your NetID password
  • The next password requested is the VNC password (provided by a staff member)
  • A new window will open with the desktop from the spectrometer computer. NOTE: expanding this window to full screen is sometimes required to ensure that the position of the mouse pointer matches the screen coordinates clicked.
• This session will be saved on the left bar, under “Session“. The next time you want to connect, you can double click on the session you want to start and only change the “Port” for the VNC server in “Basic Vnc settings” if different from the saved one.