General information

Since the pandemic remote access (aka working from home, agile working, hybrid working) has become a lot easier for both academic and support staff.

There are many activities which fall under the general heading of "remote access". This section has information on the following:

• Connecting to the Maths VPN so that your device is effectively on the CMS network
• Logging into a CMS machine from home e.g. with ssh or PuTTy
• Reading email from home e.g. with a Windows mail client
• Copying files to your home machine or viewing them over the network

There are also many operating systems which your home computer might be running. This document mostly covers Linux and Windows. Since MacOS is a Unix, anything involving the command line will be the same as for Linux. Matt Parry has kindly contributed some information on the Mail on Macs email client. If you have any tips about accessing the CMS computers from a Macintosh (or more obscure operating system) which you feel should be incorporated into our documentation, please email them to help@maths.