Putty Howto

How to use Putty to connect to Medialab

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Install Putty

Download and install putty from this link:

Launch putty

Start putty from your menu. A window will open:

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Now write "medialab.freaknet.org" here in the red requester:

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and press "Open". A new window will open:

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Click on "Accept", and the login window will magically appear!

Here at the "login as:" you must write your medialab username, and press "enter". In the following example, we will user "luther" as login name.

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Now your password will be asked: you must use your old password, the same you were using 15 or 20 years ago. If you don't remember it, ask us for help: we will reset it!

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Be aware that anything you type as password WON'T be written on screen. Remember to press enter!

If your password is correct. you will log into medialab!

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If you want, you can save those settings so you can easily connect to medialab next time. Just enter a name in the "Saved sessions" (In this example: Medialab)

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and press "Save":

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To close the connection, just close the windows and press Yes.

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