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Connect to the Linux system an launch CFD-Post with the following command:    cfdpost -server  from the folder with the CFD-Post executable or with the full path to it. You will see the following message if the start is successful:  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Running CFD-Post engine in server mode. A remote GUI can now be connected to the engine by running the following command, where the host name (###1) can be substituted with its IP address (###2)   cfdpost -remote ###2 -port ###3 -viewerport ###4  Waiting for GUI connection&#8230;   &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-  The values ###1, ###2, etc. will be unique for your settings  2) Go to your local machine and open a command window. Find the CFD-Post installation directory (typically under C:Program FilesANSYS Incv192CFD-Postbin) and launch CFD-Post with the command  cfdpost.exe -remote ###2 -port ###3 -viewerport ###4  substituting the ### values given in the Linux machine.   If all ports are properly opened, the machines can see each other and the firewall is not blocking the connection you should see a line added to the output in the Linux session:  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-  Connection arrived from host your_host  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-  Indicating that the connection has been successful. After this CFD-Post will open in the Windows machine.   In order to load files from the Linux server go to File > Load Results and then enable &#8220;Specifying Remote Server Path&#8221;. 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