SSH.com client

  1. Click Start->Programs->SSH Secure Shell->Secure Shell Client
  2. Click "Quick Connect" from the menubar at the top of the screen
  3. Enter the hostname you'd like to connect to and your username
  4. Click Connect
  5. Enter your password when prompted and click OK
  6. Type exit to end your session.

GEaRS has a good guide to forwarding X11 traffic through SSH to an X11 server on your Windows PC.   This allows for display of graphical applications from a UNIX or Linux computer on your PC.  The guide is available here: http://gears.aset.psu.edu/hpc/guides/xming/ .

 

TeraTerm client

  1. Click Start->TerraTerm SSH->TerraTerm SSH
  2. Enter the hostname you'd like to connect to
  3. Ensure that SSH is the selected connection method and click OK
  4. Enter your username and password
  5. type exit to end your session

NiftyTelnet client

 

  1. Launch NiftyTelnet from the NiftyTelnetSSH folder
  2. Click New
  3. Enter Geosciences in the shortcut box
  4. Enter a hostname in the host box
  5. Select SSH-Blowfish from the Protocol box
  6. Enter your username in the Username box and click OK
  7. Click once on your shortcut and click Connect
  8. Enter your password when prompted
  9. Type exit to end your session

 

UNIX/Linux/OS X command line client (OpenSSH)

In general you should be able to type ssh hostname. Some useful options to know:

  • ssh -l username hostname -- Connect using username instead of your username
  • ssh username@hostname -- synonym for ssh -l