Workstations

How to access the group workstations

Three workstations are available in Quantitative Hydrogeology Lab.

Name IP
yoon-group-0 10.242.75.188
yoon-group-1 10.227.17.58
yoon-group-2 10.227.17.189

The ID, SSH password, and VNC port number will be created and provided to each member upon request to Sean.

ID VNC port number accesible workstations
lindsey 2 yoon-group-2
fabian 3 yoon-group-0,1,2
samuel 4 yoon-group-2


  • An example of setting up a GUI connection on the workstation ‘yoon-group-2’ using the credentials of ‘lindsey’ is shown below.
  • Download and install turboVNC viewer according to the OS of your local machine (Download turboVNC Viewer).
  • For Windows users, PuTTY is required (Download PuTTY). For mac OS users, skip to step 2.
1. Run PuTTY and enter IP address 10.227.17.189 and a title for your session as shown below. The example below is test; you can have your own title. Click Save to save your settings for future use, and then click Open to initiate your SSH tunnel.
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2. Once a terminal is open, type your id and ssh password as below. (For mac OS, open terminal and login by ‘ssh lindsey@10.227.17.189.)
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3. Change your ssh password as you want for security. To change the password, type ‘passwd’.
4. Run a VNC server on your assigned port number by ‘vncserver :2’. You will be asked to create your VNC password (8 digits). If you want to change the password later, type in vncpasswd.
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5. open turboVNC viewer in your local machine, type in IP address + port number, click ‘Connect’
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6. type in your VNC passwd (8 digtis).
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7. Once you are connected, you should see the default desktop. It should look something like this:
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