I am new to hosting and just got a new server. I need to know how to set it up. Please help me.

What I ment to say was how do I log in to the server if I have an IP address, username and password. Do I use telnet, FTP, or something else. It is a freebsd server. please help. Thanx

Given your first question, and the subject title, you can appreciate why the first response was ==============!

I highly recommend reading "How to ask questions the smart way"
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

To access your box, use SSH - for 'secure' shell access. FTP and Telnet transfer passwords in clear text...

DO a search on google for putty.exe - its a good little free SSH client. SCP - secure copy - implementations are out there too, you may have to experiment to find a workable solution.

Best advice - more searching, more self investigation, more experimentation than asking. This will lead to faster / better learning....

My reply was actually a blank reply. The two lines is just my signature. :)

Just to clarify, since we might be misunderstanding each other by using different terms, did you get a dedicated server or a hosting account? If you got a hosting account, then you can use any FTP client to upload your web site. Your provider should be able to help you if that's the case.

If you got a dedicated server, then why'd you get a server, especially a FreeBSD server, if you don't know how to manage a server? Does your server include control panel software? If not, you're going to have to login to the server using a telnet or SSH client and setup an FTP and web server at the very least. Judging by your question, I don't think you're ready for that, so either find someone that can do this for you, or cancel the server and get a managed server with control panel software.

you can go on www.google.com and do a quick search for "putty"

this is a good ssh tool . Id advise against telnet as it is not secure.

Thanks