>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
A "connection refused" error message would have meant your Exceed is not accepting connections from the network. But a "connection timed out" error suggests there is probably a firewall blocking the connection.
It may be a software firewall on your Windows workstation, or a dedicated firewall device somewhere on the network.
Alternative suggestion: before connecting with PuTTY, change its settings to enable X11 forwarding. In the connection setup dialog's "tree", it's at Connection -> SSH -> X11. Then connect to the remote host as normal.
When X11 forwarding is enabled, the sshd at the remote host should automatically set up a ~/.Xauthority file and the DISPLAY variable for you. The value of the DISPLAY variable may be something like "localhost:10.0". This is normal for SSH-forwarded X connections: don't change it. Just try starting xclock.
Now, xclock's connection will go to remote sshd's X proxy at "localhost:10.0"... which will forward the X traffic in encrypted form within the SSH protocol stream to your PuTTY. Then PuTTY will pass the X traffic locally to your Exceed, hopefully bypassing whatever firewall is giving you trouble.
In addition, using SSH's X11 forwarding is much more secure than "setting DISPLAY to point to your workstation" at the remote host: if you set DISPLAY manually, your X traffic will pass through the network with no encryption at all. Anyone can monitor your keypresses and see what's output to your X windows.
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