Putty is an open source terminal emulator that supports remote connections. You will most likely be using putty when using a remote computer from a windows system. You will most likely want to install PuTTY on your home computer.

PuTTY is available from the creator's web cite. Click on the Download link to get the most recent version.

You can download putty.exe and install it on your computer.

To connect to a remote computer using PuTTY you need to

• Start PuTTY by either
  • Double click on the icon
    • 
  • Search for putty in the windows search bar
    • 
• Put the computer name in the Host Name (or IP address) field.
  • cslab100.cs.edinboro.edu
  • cslab110.cs.edinboro.edu
• Make sure that the Port field is set to 22
• Make sure that the Connection Type is SSH
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PuTTY works just find out of the

• Copy and Paste: You can copy and paste between putty and other windows applications.
  • To Copy from PuTTY:
    • highlight the text you wish to copy using the left mouse button
    • This will copy the text to the clipboard
  • To paste in PuTTY:
    • Copy the text you want into the copy buffer (windows copy operation)
    • Move to the PuTTY window
    • Paste by clicking the right mouse button.