Note: If you have a slow connection to the internet, nx-client may not work satisfactorily for you.

NX-Client allows external students, remotely connecting to turing, to use the same programs available to internal students connecting to turing on-campus (programs such as xemacs, gvim, R, gnuplot, scilab, the C++ compiler g++, ... etc).
The nx-client program will present a graphical environment with the same look and feel as the graphical environments used by internal students who are logging into their computer accounts via the on-campus lab computers.

Installing the nxclient program on your home computer

For MS-Windows users

1. Firstly download the the following program installation file to your system:
   • nxclient-3.0.0-68.exe
2. Next, download the following nx-fonts to your system.
   • nxfonts-75dpi-3.0.0-2.exe
   • nxfonts-100dpi-3.0.0-2.exe
   • nxfonts-misc-3.0.0-2.exe
   • nxfonts-others-3.0.0-2.exe

   Note: The program and all the fonts are all available from the comp131 download page

3. You will need to copy a  key  file named  client.id_dsa.key  from turing to your home computer.
   Your computer will need this key in order for your nx-client program (now installed on your computer) to be able to successfully log into turing.

   To do this just right-click the following link client.id_dsa.key and then select the "Save Link as" option (if you are using Mozilla) from the pop up window. You can now save this key file to your computer's hard disk.

   NOTE: This file should be saved to a known location on your hard disk - a place where you won't accidentally erase it sometime in the future.

Installing the nxclient program and fonts on your home computer

The files that you have downloaded to your MS-Windows machine are all executable ( .exe) installation files.

To install the NX-Client program and fonts you need to:

1. mouse-click the  Start  button on your MS-Windows machine and then select Run.
2. From the run window, select the Browse button and then find the  nxclient-3.0.0-68.exe   file you had downloaded to your system. You will now install the NX-Client program.
3. Next also Run all the font executable files to install them.

Configuring the nxclient program on your home computer

1. - Start the nxclient with the nxclient command (or icon) on your home system.
2. - Create a session called  turing
   • The host is

         turing.une.edu.au        
     

   • The port is

         22
     

   Once this is done, you will now need to tell the nx-client program where to find the key file on your system.
3. Under the configuration option in nx-client find a button named "Key".
   Press the Key button and then the Import button, to import the key file (client.id_dsa.key) that you just copied over to your machine.
   
   • After you press the Import button, you can browse through the directories on your hard disk to find the client.id_dsa.key key file.
4. - Under "Advanced" option, select "Enable SSL encryption of all traffic"
5. You also need to select what type of connection you are using to the internet.
   For example, those using a dial-up modem would need to select the "MODEM" option.
   • Here is a screen dump of my "General" nxclient options on my MS-Windows XP machine.
     Note: I am on a Local Area Network, so LAN is selected as the type of connection.
     If you have broad-band you will probably need to select the ADSL option.
6. - Save your configuration. (NX-client should now be able to connect to turing)