Accessing the Zoo from the Zoo Annex Using FastX

Note: These instructions were verified as working 9/8/2017.

Using FastX you can turn a window on a Windows machine in the Zoo Annex (aka, the 17 Hillhouse, Room 111, cluster) into the same Linux desktop that you see when you log into a Zoo node.

Do the following:

If you are not logged in:
- Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE.
  A new screen with a Usage Agreement will appear.
- Click "OK".
  A new screen with a NetID and Password box will appear.
- Enter your NetID and Password and click the right arrow.
  Windows will log you in eventually.
If there is a "FastX 2" icon on the left-hand side of the desktop, click on it to launch FastX.
Otherwise:
- Click on the Windows icon in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.
  A new box will appear with a list of applications.
- Scroll down the list to the "FastX 2" entry and click on it.
  A second, indented "FastX 2" entry will appear.
- Launch FastX by clicking on the indented "FastX 2" entry.
If there is an entry named "Zoo" in the FastX window, double click on it.
Otherwise:
- Click on the + sign in the upper right-hand corner of the FastX window.
- In the tiny window that appears, click on "ssh".
- In the "New SSH Connection" window that appears,
  - Enter "Zoo" in the Name field.
  - Enter "node.zoo.cs.yale.edu" in the Host field.
  - Do not change the Port field.
  - Enter your Yale netID in the User field.
  - Do not change the Sci field.
  - Click "Save" to save the configuration.
- If warned that "This host is not recognized by the system.", click "Continue".
Enter your password in the "Password" box.
In the "Zoo" window that appears, click on the + sign in the upper right-hand corner.
In the "FastX" window that appears, double click on "mate".
A resizable window containing a Zoo desktop will appear.
When you log out of the Zoo, close the "Zoo" window and then close the "FastX" window.
Do not forget to log out of Windows when you are done:
- Click on the Windows icon in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.
- In the box that appears, mouse over third icon above the Windows icon so that your name appears.
- Click on that icon.
  A box containing "Signout" will appear.
- Click on "Signout".

Please report any errors in this set of instructions to angluin @ cs.yale.edu.

Last updated 09/09/17