Thank you for the answer it's greatly appreciated. I'm really surprised to see this forum going silent. Why is that ? Is it because the YUN is an old technology and something else replaced it?
And to answer your question I was trying to access the Linux part of the YUN using putty.
To see the Console, select your Yún's name and IP address in the Port menu. The Yún will only show up in the Ports menu if your computer is on the same LAN as the Yún. If your board is on a different network, you won't see it in the Ports menu. Open the Port Monitor. You'll be prompted for the Yún's password.
You can also see the Console by opening a terminal window and typing ssh root@yourYunsName.local 'telnet localhost 6571' then pressing enter.
This is where I get the can't connect to the remote host error. I'm adding that part so that maybe it ring a bell now or someone else.
Thank you again for the help.