The Linux machines in the Main Lab are running a secure shell service that you can access from outside the UTEP network.

Their host names are stationX.cs.utep.edu, where X is a number from 1 to 20, inclusive.
For example, one of the hosts is named station7.cs.utep.edu

To connect, you will need a few things:

• a client for the ssh protocol,
• the host name of a server running the Secure Shell service,
• and your UTEP Miners username and password.

Windows users,
On this page you will find a link to SSH Client, a very nice, friendly ssh client.
You can download that and install it as usual.
When you run it, you will want to fill in the server name and your username.
You will be prompted for your password after a network connection has been made (if I remember correctly).

SSH Client is not the only ssh client software out there for Windows.

Mac users,
If using OS X, you already have an ssh client installed.
Simply open the Terminal App and enter the following on the command line, BE SURE TO USE YOUR REAL USERNAME:

ssh -l username stationX.cs.utep.edu

That flag is the letter el, for "login." Again, any number from 1-20 should be used instead of X.

There should also be other ssh clients available for OS X and earlier versions.