Note: If you have a slow connection to the Internet, NX-Client may not work satisfactorily for you.

NX makes it possible to run any graphical application on any operating system across any network connection. Via NX accessing remote desktops, servers and applications, where ever their location, is just as fast, easy and secure as if you were sitting in front of them.

NX-Client allows external students, remotely connecting to our computer system (named turing), to use the same programs available to on-campus students connecting to turing (programs such as xemacs/emacs, gvim/vim, R, gnuplot, scilab, the C++ compiler g++, ..., javac (the Java compiler) and java (the Java Virtual Machine) , etc).

The nx-client program will present a graphical environment with the same look and feel as the graphical environments used by on-campus students (who are logging into their computer accounts via the on-campus lab computers).

NX-Client is available for download from the NOMACHINE website or from the links below.

1. Installing and configuring the nxclient program on your home computer

NX-CLIENT is available for various operating systems including Linux, MS-Windows and Mac OSX. You need to download the appropriate NX-Client program to your computer system, install it on your system, and then configure it.

1. Firstly, you need to download the actual program to your computer system. You need to select one from the following choices (a - e)
   (depending on the system you are using)

   1. NX-Client for Microsoft Windows

      NX Client for Windows version 3 will work with MS-Windows i386/AMD64 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7
      
      Download and install the file: nxclient-3.5.0-7.exe to your computer system.
   • Note: MS-Windows users (after having installed the NX-Client program) should also download and install the nxclient-fonts listed below
     1. nxfonts-75dpi-3.5.0-1.exe
     2. nxfonts-100dpi-3.5.0-1.exe
     3. nxfonts-misc-3.5.0-1.exe
     4. nxfonts-others-3.5.0-1.exe

   2. NX-Client for Linux i386

      For Red Hat Enterprise 4/5/6,
      SLED 10.x/11.x, SLES 10/11,
      Open SUSE 10.x/11.x,
      Mandriva 10.1/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010,
      Fedora Linux Core 3/4/5/6,
      Fedora 7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15
      Download and install the file: nxclient-3.5.0-7.i386.rpm

   3. NX-Client for Mac OSX

      NX Client Compressed PKG for Mac OSX
      For PPC/Intel Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5/10.6
      
      Download and install the file: nxclient-3.5.0-7.pkg.zip

2. You will need to copy a key file named client.id_dsa.key from our computer system (named 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: take a note of where on your system you have saved this key file - you will need this file for the next step

3. 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. 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 snapshot 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.
      • In the "Desktop" option, Unix should be selected as shown
        • this option refers to the Desktop running on turing (that is Unix based)
        • For best results, also select "Custom" and under "Settings" set "Run the default X client script on server" and "New virtual desktop".

   5. - Under "Advanced" option, make sure that

      "Disable SSL encryption of all traffic" is NOT selected

      Here is a screen snapshot of my "Advance" nxclient options on my MS-Windows XP machine.
   6. - Save your configuration. (NX-client should now be able to connect to turing)