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How can I access department services such as printers or software remotely?
You can access MATLAB and other department services like network printers and software by connecting to the Terminal Server.
The terminal server is accessible by using an Remote Desktop Client (RDP) and connecting to ts1.cs.stonybrook.edu:22 (on port 22).
You'll be prompted for your credentials. Provide your username and domain as follows:
- CS\user where user is your CS Windows username (which should match your NetID). You can also specify your login name as user@cs.stonybrook.edu
- For your password, provide your CS Windows password, the same one you use to login to read your MS Exchange email, or credentials at the Windows lab.
Once you're able to login to this Windows Terminal Server, if you want to use MATLAB, there should be an icon on your Terminal Server to launch MATLAB. Other available software are Acrobat Professional, Office 2010, etc. You can also print to department printers through the Terminal Servers.
MAC and Linux users please note:
To login to this remote Windows Terminal Server from a Macintosh, Mac OS X users first have to download a Remote Desktop Client for Mac OS X, and install it.
Linux users have to first install the "rdesktop" client for linux. Consult your particular distribution to figure out how to do this (e.g., CentOS/RedHat use "yum install rdesktop", Ubuntu users use "apt-get install rdesktop", etc.). If the client is installed, export DISPLAY to your local host, and run this from the command line: rdesktop ts1.cs.stonybrook.edu:22 (on port 22)