Download PuTTY no install
The following steps describe how to connect via SSH to ARSC systems by using PuTTY beta 0.63.
1. Open PuTTY using the icon placed on your desktop by the PuTTY installer.
2. At first glance, PuTTY appears to have many options needing configuration, but the defaults should suffice for most. To connect to an ARSC system, enter in the host name of the remote system, in the format "hostname.arsc.edu". Optionally, you may prefix the remote hostname with your ARSC username, with the format becoming "username@hostname.arsc.edu". As shown below, to connect to a system named "lemming" with username "jsmith", you would type either "lemming.arsc.edu" or "jsmith@lemming.arsc.edu". (This will save you the trouble of providing it later.)