How to Enable SSH on Cisco Switch, Router
1) Generate the RSA Keys myswitch(config)# crypto key generate rsa The name for the keys will be: myswitch.mydomain.com How many bits in the modulus [512]: 1024 % Generating 1024 bit RSA keys, keys will be non-exportable...[OK] 2) Setup the Line VTY configurations # line vty 0 4 (config-line)# transport input ssh (config-line)# login local (config-line)# password 7 (config-line)# exit 3) Setup the Console configuration # line console 0 (config-line)# logging synchronous (config-line)# login local 4) Verify SSH access myswitch# sh ip ssh SSH Enabled - version 1.99 Authentication timeout: 120 secs; Authentication retries: 3 That's it...