As previously mentioned, you can telnet/SSH into the box to access the
CLI (command line interface). Putty or other window terminal software
will do the trick. c:\windows\telnet.exe or wherever XP keeps it (that
was the path in 95/98/ME) and Hyperterminal will do telnet, but SSH is
more secure (i.e., SSH is secure, telnet isn't at all).
If you want to access the X graphical interface on the solaris box from
home, you'll need software on your windows box that can handle the X11
protocol and open X windows on your screen. There are many commercial
software packages available to do this, but most are designed for
corpoprate use and priced accordingly (3 digits plus). The one free
software solution that I know of is cygwin-x11. It's a free software
Linux emulator for windows that you can get at www.cygwin.com. The
installer does assume some knowledge of linux, so if you're not
comfortable with that, you might want to have a friend help you install
it. Then, do the following to access your Solaris account from home
[connect to the internet]
start Cygwin
% startx
[Cygwin opens an XFree86 window. This takes a while, it's okay. Your
computer may act like it's hung for a few minutes, but it's just loading
everything that it needs. Go get yourself some soda while this happens]
(in one of the Xterm windows that you will see)
% ssh -X myusername@address.of.solaris.box.edu
[enter password at prompt]
[use CLI to start Solaris graphical programs, which will appear as
sub-windows under the XFree86 window]
When you're done:
%logout
%exit [in the upper-left Xterm]
[Xfree86 closes]
%exit
[Cygwin closes]
Hope this helps,
Andy
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