Using SSH to connect to a Catalyst 1900 switch
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From: Jason on 15 Nov 2007 10:29 Hi, Can anyone tell me how to connect to my Catalyst 1900 switch using SSH? I can connect without problem to the console using a rollover cable in my PCs COM port but I'd also like to connect via the switches IP address. I can't find any documentation on how to set a password for an SSH (or Telnet) session in the switches configuration & when I try to connect using puTTY I get the message "Network error: Connection refused"? I'm starting to think that maybe the 1900 can't accept SSH or Telnet connections but I doubt this very much. TIA, Jason.
From: Chad Mahoney on 15 Nov 2007 12:37 Jason wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me how to connect to my Catalyst 1900 switch using SSH? I > can connect without problem to the console using a rollover cable in my PCs > COM port but I'd also like to connect via the switches IP address. I can't > find any documentation on how to set a password for an SSH (or Telnet) > session in the switches configuration & when I try to connect using puTTY I > get the message "Network error: Connection refused"? I'm starting to think > that maybe the 1900 can't accept SSH or Telnet connections but I doubt this > very much. > > TIA, Jason. conf t line vty 0 4 login password cisco wri mem That will get you telnet access, as far as SSH I beleive you have to have a certain IOS train to use SSH. You do have an IP address on the switch already, correct? Can you ping the address?
From: Doug McIntyre on 15 Nov 2007 13:14 Jason <SpamSpamSpam(a)SpanishInquisition.co.uk> writes: >Can anyone tell me how to connect to my Catalyst 1900 switch using SSH? Chuck it out, and buy a switch that hasn't been EOL'd since almost before ssh existed (exagerating here)? The generation after this one didn't support SSH either.. >I can connect without problem to the console using a rollover cable in my PCs >COM port but I'd also like to connect via the switches IP address. I can't >find any documentation on how to set a password for an SSH (or Telnet) >session in the switches configuration & when I try to connect using puTTY I >get the message "Network error: Connection refused"? I'm starting to think >that maybe the 1900 can't accept SSH or Telnet connections but I doubt this >very much. You can telnet to it when you configure remote access in the menus. Read up on the docs here. <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2900xl_3500xl/catalyst1900_2820/version9.00.00/icgf/19icg9x.html#wp9129> Network Management Menu->IP Configuration Menu Setup your IP address and password.
From: Jason on 15 Nov 2007 13:34 Chad Mahoney <chad(a)nospam.mah0ney.com> wrote in news:13jp0uc545v3g45(a)news.supernews.com: > Jason wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can anyone tell me how to connect to my Catalyst 1900 switch using >> SSH? I can connect without problem to the console using a rollover >> cable in my PCs COM port but I'd also like to connect via the >> switches IP address. I can't find any documentation on how to set a >> password for an SSH (or Telnet) session in the switches configuration >> & when I try to connect using puTTY I get the message "Network error: >> Connection refused"? I'm starting to think that maybe the 1900 can't >> accept SSH or Telnet connections but I doubt this very much. >> >> TIA, Jason. > > > conf t > line vty 0 4 > login > password cisco > wri mem > > > That will get you telnet access, as far as SSH I beleive you have to > have a certain IOS train to use SSH. > > You do have an IP address on the switch already, correct? Can you ping > the address? I have now successfuly connected via Telnet so thanks very much.
From: Jason on 15 Nov 2007 13:42
Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)geeks.org> wrote in news:473c8c71$0$90430$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com: > Jason <SpamSpamSpam(a)SpanishInquisition.co.uk> writes: >>Can anyone tell me how to connect to my Catalyst 1900 switch using >>SSH? > > Chuck it out, and buy a switch that hasn't been EOL'd since almost > before ssh existed (exagerating here)? The generation after this one > didn't support SSH either.. > >>I can connect without problem to the console using a rollover cable in >>my PCs COM port but I'd also like to connect via the switches IP >>address. I can't find any documentation on how to set a password for >>an SSH (or Telnet) session in the switches configuration & when I try >>to connect using puTTY I get the message "Network error: Connection >>refused"? I'm starting to think that maybe the 1900 can't accept SSH >>or Telnet connections but I doubt this very much. > > You can telnet to it when you configure remote access in the menus. > Read up on the docs here. > > <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2900xl_3500xl/cat > alyst1900_2820/version9.00.00/icgf/19icg9x.html#wp9129> > > Network Management Menu->IP Configuration Menu > Setup your IP address and password. > > Yeah I'm starting to gather that. I'm studying for my CCNA & I inherited the lab I'm using from a friend who did his CCNA a few years ago. Much of the syntax also differs quite a lot from the Catalyst 2960 that my study book uses to give examples, which is quite frustrating; can you recommend something more modern that I might be able to pick up on eBay fairly cheaply? Thanks, Jase |