Most SSH clients will have the port number filled in already. Launch PuTTY (or another SSH client) on your Windows PC and enter your Pi’s IP address.If you don’t already know it, you can follow this guide which details several methods of determining your Pi’s IP address.

Assuming you’re certain that SSH is enabled on your Pi, next you’ll need to find your Pi’s IP address in order to connect to it with an SSH client like PuTTY.

If you’re starting from scratch with a Raspberry Pi 4, this getting started guide includes instructions on how to enable SSH by creating a text file on the SD card within your Raspberry Pi. The Site Manager is where you can configure and save profiles for.

Just be sure to download and install it before you begin. SFTP (Secure SHell / SSH FTP) Open FileZilla and select Site Manager from the File menu. You can use whatever SSH client you want. We like PuTTY because it’s open source software that’s completely developed and supported by a team of volunteers. From the General Protocol select SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) or select FTP if you want to continue with File Transfer Protocol. Click on New site to configure the new server for sFTP/FTP and name for the reference.

PuTTY is one of several SSH clients that are freely available. Install the FileZilla application and navigate to Files Site Manager. We’ll start with how to use SSH to connect to your Raspberry Pi from a Windows PC on your network using PuTTY.

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