PuTTY
PuTTY is a free open source SSH client and terminal emulator for Windows.
Download and installation
- Visit https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html to download PuTTY
- You should see the following text:
MSI (‘Windows Installer’) 32-bit: putty-0.70-installer.msi (or by FTP) (signature) 64-bit: putty-64bit-0.70-installer.msi (or by FTP) (signature)
- Download either of the .msi files and run it to begin installation
Using PuTTY
- Locate PuTTY (usually Start -> All Programs -> PuTTY -> PuTTY) and launch it -- do not worry about the other programs that PuTTY installs
- Enter the following data:
- Host Name:
bobby.cs.unlv.edu
- Connection type: SSH (this will modify the port to 22)
- Saved Sessions: bobby
- In Connection:
- Seconds between keepalives: 30 (this will prevent automatic disconnection if you are idle)
- In Connection -> Data:
- Auto-login username: your username
- Host Name:
- Return to the Session screen, hit Save, then double click the bobby saved session,
- You will get a warning message about security and keys -- say yes / accept it
- Enter your password then hit Enter on the terminal window that appears -- your password will not be visible as you type
- Because you have saved your session when you launch PuTTY again you should just be able to selet the bobby session from the list of saved sessions
- Once a terminal is open, if you right click on the top of the window you will be able to launch a duplicate session