Using PuTTY or SSH to connect to your Raspberry Pi
Earlier, we added a file to our Raspberry Pi boot named ssh. This activates the SSH service on the Pi. As mentioned before, SSH is an abbreviation for secure shell, intended for secure network access. In this case, we are not specifically targeting the secure encryption capabilities, but are using the remote networking capability to send instructions and files to and from the Raspberry Pi without having physical access to it.
Important note
If you already use an SSH client, note that not all of the Windows command-line SSH clients support mDNS.
PuTTY is a handy tool for accessing SSH and is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac. Its installation information for these operating systems can be found at https://www.ssh.com/ssh/putty/.
Once you have PuTTY installed from the preceding link, let's get it connected to your Raspberry Pi. Follow along:
- Start PuTTY. You will see a screen like in Figure 4.3. In the Host...
