Fill in the name of the remote host (either or ). Click 'Session' and then click 'SSH' in the new window that opens.There is a demo on their homepage, but here are the basic steps to connect to HPC2N's systems. It exists both as an installable version and as a single executable that can be run from an USB stick. You may therefore wish to use either FileZilla or WinScp for file transfers instead because of that. NOTE that the free version has a number of limits, such as a time-limit on the filebrowser.

It combines SSH client, X11 server, and SFTP file browser. The freeware version works well for most users. This program has both a freeware and a paid version. You can now launch (for instance) PuTTY SSH client and enable X11 forwarding as shown earlier on this page. Download from the Xming page or directly from Sourceforge.In order to use X11 forwarding in PuTTy (or similar), you need to run Xming before starting PuTTy. Try upgrading to version 0.69 (known to work) or newer. Some older versions of PuTTY does not work correctly with X11 forwarding from our systems.Note that this needs to be done for each saved session. Make sure 'Enable X11 forwarding' is checked.Click to open the 'SSH' subcategory, and then click on 'X11'.On the left side, scroll down to 'Connection' and click to open the tree if it is not opened already.Download and install an X server (for instance Xming).If you need to open graphical interfaces from the remote system on your home computer then you need to enable X11 forwarding. When you click 'Open' you will be prompted for username and password.Get the Zip file with both PuTTY, PSCP, and PSFTP.The simplest way to connect to HPC2N is to use either PuTTy together with Xming, or to use MobaXterm, unless you need a Linux-like environment on your Windows machine.

In all cases, we strongly advice against saving passwords. On this page we will give brief examples for Cyberduck, WinSCP, MobaXterm, PuTTy, Cygwin, and Xming. The free version has limits to the file transfers) You need to use a secure protocol, so either sftp or scp will work, but not standard ftp. You also need to transfer files between your own home computer and HPC2N's systems. If you want to be able to open graphical displays (say for opening the Matlab graphical interface), you need an X11 server.

MobaXterm (Commercial, but basic feature version is free).

Several exists, both commercial and free.

If you are connecting to HPC2N from a Windows system, you need to install an ssh client to connect.

Putty xming