using linux remotely

[JKlebs9225]

Hi all, I am a newbie and I have a question. I have heard it said that one could log into a computer running linux remotely, so long as they have some kind of network between them. I was interested in learning how to do that, say if I wanted to leave my computer at home on all the time, and access it from somewhere else. To test this, I kept my desktop (running Red Hat 7.2) on, and tried to connect to it with my laptop (running windows 98). I have an always on cable internet connection, and a linksys router that both computers are plugged into. I tried to connect to the linux box from the windows computer using telnet, but it didn't work. I don't know my IP address or domain or host name (shame on me), and I was wondering if someone could help me to figure out how to set it up. Thanks
-Jason

[adikgede]

Your not gonna get anywhere unless you know the IP address of the computer back home. Nextr time you are at home isssue the command ifconfig to see if you have a routable IP number that you can telnet to. Also using telnet is ill advised for security reasons and it mab be turned off in RedHat. Use ssh instead. The ssh daemon needs to be running on the RedHat machine and you will need a terminal program (like putty) that can do ssh from windows.