Xwin32 is available under a college of engineering site license. Xwin32
is an X terminal application for Windows.

You can download Xwin32 from
http://www.starnet.com/

For license information please contact Computer Support helpdesk@ece.ucsb.edu.



How do I set up X-Win32 to run over SSH?

Step 1: Add 127.0.0.1 to the xhost list of X-Win32 (X-Config/Security).

Step 2: Set up the SSH session with the X11 Forwarding/Tunneling option selected.

Step 3: Launch the SSH session to connect to the unix host, then launch X-Win32.

Step 4: Enter an X command at the prompt from the SSH window to execute the X application.

For more information please goto: http://www.starnet.com/support/FAQs.htm

Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara
Last Modified 20-Mar-01