If you a going to be writing commands to your box then the Mac inbuilt program called terminal will do this for you. To log into the box .
1. Open up terminal.
2. Type in nc 192.168.?.? 23. Press enter
3. Type in. root Press enter.
That’s it. You can now type in your commands.
For dropping files into the box. If you have. Samba running on the box your box will show in finder.
Alternatively download FileZilla for Mac on your pc.