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

  1. Install PuTTY on your computer and launch it.
  2. Populate the following fields:
    Host Name gate.sci.uwo.ca
    Port 22
    Connection type SSH
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  3. Enter a descriptive name in the Saved Sessions field (such as Science Gateway) and click Save.
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  4. Double-click the session you created earlier in the Saved Sessions list to connect to gate.sci.uwo.ca.
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  5. 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.
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  6. 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. 
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  7. Once finished, type exit and press Enter.
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