Remote Access to the Physics Network

In order best to access the Windows servers in Physics, you first of all need an Internet connection. We recommend using a Broadband service for this; BT, NTL and many other providers will allow you to access the Internet from Home for a set monthly fee.

Once that is done, you can connect to physics in a number of ways:

• simple terminal type access to host computers such as PPSLGEN, ssh  or WinQVT.
• X terminal access to host computers such as PPSLGEN  using Vista Exceed (only via internal physics modems or VPN, Normal X windows access is blocked in the firewall)
• file transfer to/from hosts and Windows servers using SFTP
• access your mail via the web interface on the Exchange server or via one of a number of Client programs
• run applications on the Windows Terminal Server using either a Web interface or TS Client.

However, for security reasons there are some services which are not available by default. These include access to printers and restricted internal areas.

If you want transparent access to these facilities, you will need to create a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection to Physics. For information on how to do this, see Establishing a Secure Connection using VPN (Virtual Private Networking)

If you have a very old computer or even just a terminal and a modem, you can still get terminal type access to servers within Physics by using the OUCS dialin service and selecting the telnet service.