X-Win32: Passive Mode

Passive mode is when X-Win32 is running without a connection being established. X-Win32 will be passive until X communication is being received by the Windows machine. Once received, X-Win32 will translate and display.

Usage for Passive Mode:

  • Using a third party application such as Putty or SecureCRT to connect to their Unix/Linux host and require X traffic to be translated.
  • Users who are being sent X communication from another computer.
  • User has an X application on their Windows machine that needs to be translated.

X-Win32 19 and Higher

In X-Config, select the “Window” tab. Check the box “Show X-Win32 menu in notification area”. Hit “Apply”. This will launch X-Win32 in the system tray when a session is launched.

After checking the box “Show X-Win32 menu in notification area”, go to xwin32.exe located in the installation folder. By default X-Win32 19 is installed at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\StarNet\X-Win32 19\xwin32.exe
  • You can create a shortcut by right clicking on the xwin32.exe

Running xwin32.exe will launch X-Win32 in the system tray.

X-Win32 18

When executing X-Win32, X-Win32 will run in the foreground with a session option window prompted.

Different ways to start Passive Mode in X-Win32 18

    • Start X-Win32. X-Config window will appear. If you do not have any session created, click the “Launch” button located on the right of X-Config.
    • Run the xwin32.exe located in the installation folder. By default X-Win32 18 is installed at: 
      C:\Program Files (x86)\StarNet\X-Win32 18\xwin32.exe
    • Run xwin32.exe without X-Config
      1. Create an X-Win32 session.
        • Please create the session with your host, username, password, and command or you will receive an error window. You can use the command exit
      2. Launch the session. The session option window will be prompted which indicates that X-Win32 is running.
      3. Create a shortcut for the created session by right clicking on the session in X-Config and selecting “Shortcut”.
      4. Launching from the shortcut will run X-Win32 without X-Config.
      • **The shortcut can be placed in the

Startup folder

    • in Windows in ordered to be launched when you first start Windows**

X-Win32 2014 and Below

    • Simply launching X-Win32 will run X-Win32 in Passive Mode in the background under the

system tray

    .

Security Notes:

    • Using a third party ssh application and setting your own display will cause the X traffic to be transferred over port 6000 instead of using the default ssh port 22. To use ssh port throughout the session, please enable

X11 forwarding

    on your host and ssh application. Also, do not set your display.