Best way to remote manage Pi2

[coghlan]

I just got my Pi2 booted up and installed WiFi (came with my Canakit). Currently, it has a keyboard and HDMI screen.

I want to remotely manage it, and quickly tried to telnet to it, which failed. Looks like this needs to be installed.

Before I do that, I thought I'd ask what's the best (permanent) way to set the Pi2 up so that I can access & manage it from either a Mac or a PC in the house. The Pi2 is going to live beside our electrical panel as a home automation controller running Homeseer, connected only via WiFi.

[Heater]

ssh.

I don't mean "ssh, keep quite" I mean the ssh protocol, the secure alternative to telnet.

I don't think telnet is even install by default. ssh is. I use it all the time.

[fruitoftheloom]

I just got my Pi2 booted up and installed WiFi (came with my Canakit). Currently, it has a keyboard and HDMI screen.

I want to remotely manage it, and quickly tried to telnet to it, which failed. Looks like this needs to be installed.

Before I do that, I thought I'd ask what's the best (permanent) way to set the Pi2 up so that I can access & manage it from either a Mac or a PC in the house. The Pi2 is going to live beside our electrical panel as a home automation controller running Homeseer, connected only via WiFi.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access