Is anyone familiar with the program "PuTTy"? I'm attempting to learn the program, but I'm getting increasingly frustrated with it. I'm doing an assignment where I have to login to a server with PuTTy, and do an assignment...but I'm having difficulty connecting to the server. I have downloaded a legitimate copy of PuTTy. I have entered the correct Host Name (or IP address), the correct Port, connection type: SSH, Close window on exit: only on clean exit. Then I click Open. Then the PuTTy screen is black, and doesn't enable me to input anything. And then I get an error: "Network Error: Connection timed out". My first attempt that I tried today, I was able to enter my username, and password...but my password was incorrect over eight times, and I know I entered it correctly.
What am I doing wrong? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. If it matters, I'm running Win 7, and attempting to connect to a Linux server.