====== Connecting to a Linux computer using SSH from a Windows computer (text mode interface) ======

You can download PuTTY from this website here:

[[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|PuTTY client download website]]

Start the PuTTY program and type the name of the computer you want to connect to into the field "Host Name (or IP address)" (login.physik.fu-berlin.de in this case), click **Open**:

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You will be asked whether you trust the remote host, click **Yes**. This dialog will be shown upon the first connection only:

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A terminal will open and ask for your username, please enter your username and press the enter key:

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Now you have enter your password and press the enter key:

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If your username and password was correct, you will be successfully connected:

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