Remote access to The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology lab software is available on the server, CNC24Hour2.ads.iu.edu, via the Remote Desktop Connection software. The software is available on Microsoft Windows operating systems and can be loaded from the Apple Store on a Mac by looking for Microsoft Remote Desktop.
CNC 24 Hour Lab
On Campus:
Wireless Users Please Note the Following:
Students should be allowed to connect to the cnc24hour2 server over IUSecure and Eduroam wireless on campus. If there are any difficulties please contact cnchelp@iupui.edu.
From on campus connect your laptop to eduroam wireless network using your email address for the username, e.g. purduepete@iupui.edu and use your campus login password for the password field. Next, use the Remote Desktop Connection software on our device to connect to cnc24hour2.ads.iu.edu. See the operating system specific instructions below for assistance.
For help on connecting to the eduroam wireless network, see the KB document, Connect to eduroam.
Off Campus:
If you are on any other network (such as your home internet connection or Starbucks), you must establish an IU VPN connection to campus before connecting to CNC24Hour2. Please see the IU Knowledge Base article, https://kb.iu.edu/d/aygt, for assistance with the Pulse Secure VPN download and usage. Once you have connected to the IU VPN open the Remote Desktop Connection program and connect to CNC24hour2.ads.iu.edu. See the instructions below for specfied operating systems.
To find the Remote Desktop Connect application:
Go to the Start screen, click the “All apps” arrow on the bottom-left for 8.1 users or right-click and select “All apps” for 8.0 users
Scroll right to find the Remote Desktop Connect icon under the Windows Accessories category.
You can also use the Windows 8 search feature and search for Remote Desktop Connect
To connect to the 24 Hour server:
Click the Show Options arrow at the bottom-left corner
Enter "cnc24hour2.ads.iu.edu" in the "Computer" field
For username, you must type "ADS\username," where "username" is your IUPUI username.
A pop-up will ask for your password. Enter it and click Ok.
To find the Remote Desktop application:
Windows 10 users click the Windows button and click “All apps”.
Scroll down until you find the Windows Accessories Folder once that expands select Remote Desktop Connection.
You can also use the Windows 10 search feature and search for Remote Desktop Connection.
To connect to the 24 Hour server:
For the remote computer name, type: cnc24hour2.ads.iu.edu and click Connect.
A pop-up will ask for your credentials:
For username, you must type "ADS\username," where "username" is your IUPUI username.
Enter your passwork and click Ok.
You may be asked once or twice to verify the idendity of the remote computer. Click Ok.
If you have Windows 11 Home Edition the remote dekstop client may not be present in the OS.
To find the Remote Desktop application:
Windows 11 users click the Windows button and click “All apps”.
Scroll down until you find the Windows Accessories Folder once that expands select Remote Desktop Connection.
You can also use the Windows 11 search feature and search for Remote Desktop Connection.
To connect to the 24 Hour server:
For the remote computer name, type: cnc24hour2.ads.iu.edu and click Connect.
A pop-up will ask for your credentials:
For username, you must type "ADS\username," where "username" is your IUPUI username.
Enter your passwork and click Ok.
You may be asked once or twice to verify the idendity of the remote computer. Click Ok.
You must first download the "Microsoft Remote Desktop" application from the App Store. There are several such applications, but Microsoft's app is the only free one and is the one referenced below.
To connect to the 24 Hour server:
Launch the "Microsoft Remote Desktop" app.
Click "New" in the upper left corner.
For "Connection Name", you may enter any name you like.
For "PC Name", enter cnc24hour2.ads.iu.edu
The section for username and password can be entered here.
For username, you must type "ADS\username," where "username" is your IUPUI username.
For any problems, please email CNC at cnchelp@iupui.edu.
Remote Desktop is a feature on both Windows and Mac OSX computers that allows the user to access another computer right from their own PC. The CNC 24 Hour Lab server uses this feature to provide students enrolled in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, with remote access to the engineering software, such as PTC Creo and MATLAB, 24 hours a day wherever there is internet access.
This service is partially supported by a MURI grant under Dr. Akay to make remote computing for undergraduate research more pervasive on campus. The 24 Hour server farm consists of 3 computers running Windows 2008 Server on a Sun X2200 server. Each server has two quad-core AMD64 processors, 16GB of RAM, and a 2Gbit Ethernet connection. Due to liscensing restrictions, the 24 Hour server cannot run some software.