Connecting to a Campus System via SSH (Windows)
Overview
This tutorial is for members of Science seeking to establish an SSH connection to a campus PC/server without having VPN access.
Audience
This tutorial is written for:
- Members of the Faculty of Science (faculty/staff/student)
- Those comfortable with computers and installing/configuring software
Prerequisites
To complete this tutorial, you must:
- Have a PC or server on campus that is already configured for SSH connections (including having the service enabled and the correct firewall ports open)
- Know the hostname or IP address of the PC or server on campus to which you wish to connect
- Have requested and been approved for access to gate.sci.uwo.ca
Tutorial
- Install PuTTY on your computer and launch it.
- Populate the following fields:
Host Name gate.sci.uwo.ca
Port 22
Connection type SSH
- Enter a descriptive name in the Saved Sessions field (such as Science Gateway) and click Save.
- Double-click the session you created earlier in the Saved Sessions list to connect to gate.sci.uwo.ca.
- When prompted, enter your Western username and password. Note that you will not be able to see what you are typing when entering your password.
- Once connected, SSH to the campus system to which you wish to connect. In the example below, we SSH from gate.sci.uwo.ca to mypc.uwo.ca.
- Once finished, type
exit
and press Enter.