Quote Originally Posted by bob58
Am I logging in right? Something seems funny here. My Hostname for desktop [server] is Home
and my Hostname for laptop [client] is Gateway

The prompt doesnt look right or something.....well i seem to be progressing a little anyway! I logged in by typing:

root@Home:/home/Bob# ssh -l Bob Gateway

Is that right?
You want to log in to the server, right? Then you need:
ssh -l login_name_as_user_on_server server_name
As I understood you configuration it would be:
ssh -l Bob Home
And you don't want to login as root!