OK - so not a Windows firewall issue. Does the Cisco allow ssh v1? If so, does using v1 work?
As somebody else suggested, perhaps a newer or older version of putty might work better. Kurt On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Richard McClary <[email protected]>wrote: > This is definitely a W2K8-to-Cisco situation. Again, as per my reply to > Kim, the Cisco stack is still running SSH 1.99. That SSH version seems to > be the cause. (Weird, though, because the same copy of PuTTY on an MS OS > other than W2K8) will log into the Cisco stack just fine.**** > > ** ** > > Jonathan asked about the login box. It is the Cisco login box, and it is > identical to what is seen when connecting from other OS.**** > > ** ** > > As to why connecting from Win2008 – well, we have a boss and (also) a > network guy in NJ. Home office is on Manhattan. Travel in that area is > still rather restricted. Network guy has only his assigned laptop and is > trying to work remotely… The Cisco switch is not allowing a connection > from outside the physical LAN (he is using Juniper Network Connect). So, > having been told that the switch will accept a connection from within the > LAN, he needed a machine from within our LAN. Again, not having a desktop > system within the LAN, and he being our principal AD administrator, > attempted to do his Cisco work through one of the Win2K8 (NOT a DC!) > systems he works on.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, November 09, 2012 10:12 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: SSH (PuTTY) session from Windows2008R2**** > > ** ** > > That wont do it. **** > > ** ** > > Have you set the putty.exe to run as administrator in the client > properties? **** > > ** ** > > And definitely should be using SSH v2 and higher to manage your switches. > I just wonder why you are doing it from a Windows 2008 server? **** > > ** ** > > I put copied my putty.exe to a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 server and created a > session to my Backtrack 5 R3 box via SSH. **** > > ** ** > > Z**** > > ** ** > > Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network +**** > > Security Engineer**** > > Lifespan Organization**** > > [email protected]**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Kim Longenbaugh > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Friday, November 09, 2012 11:06 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: SSH (PuTTY) session from Windows2008R2**** > > ** ** > > Will the Windows client let you “telnet <ipaddress> 22” ?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Richard McClary > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Friday, November 09, 2012 9:41 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* SSH (PuTTY) session from Windows2008R2**** > > ** ** > > Greetings!**** > > ** ** > > We use PuTTY for SSH sessions to manage various devices. An issue has > recently been discovered by us here…**** > > ** ** > > We have no problem logging in to our Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch stack via > SSH from machines running Windows XP, Windows 7, or Windows 2003. However, > if we are logged into a Windows 2008R2 system…**** > > ** ** > > Using PuTTY, we connect to the switch stack and get a login box. After > providing user name and password, we are denied access.**** > > ** ** > > Using telnet (MS version enabled in the “Features” page of Control > Panel/Applications), we can log in with no problem.**** > > ** ** > > My preliminary Google searches seem to indicate that although SSH clients > and servers are not a part of Windows 2008, it is supported. So far, > nothing regarding this inability to log in to other systems using SSH. > Again, this is weird as a telnet session from the same Windows 2008 machine > gives access.**** > > ** ** > > Anyone??? Thanks!!!**** > > --**** > > Richard D. McClary**** > > Jr Infrastructure Architect, Information Technology Group **** > > *ASPCA®* > > 1717 S. 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