Unable to set transport input ssh on line con 0

Working with a physical switch, 2950, and I'm unable to set on line con 0, transport input ssh.

However I can set transport output ssh, which I don't want. So I removed it with transport output none.

I'm not sure why I can't set this. Has anyone run into this before?

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Vask3n

Not sure if I'm missing something here but I don't recall ever setting that on the console line, only on the virtual lines.

If you are connecting to the console you are doing so through the console/serial cable rather than connecting via network connection to one of the virtual lines.

TechGuru80

SSH is a virtual connection...that's what the vty line is. You cannot ssh into the con line, which is why you cannot set the input. You could SSH into a device like an access server and connect to the console probably though.

jayskata

you do not SSH "into" the console. You SSH via VTY lines ie. via ethernet connected to the switchport

theodoxa

You might not be running a "Crypto" image/IOS. I ran into the same problem with my first 2 switches (2950-24). Both had an IOS which did not support encryption.

[EDIT] Just noticed that you were trying to set it on Console 0. You don't set "transport input" on the Console line. You would set it on the VTY lines ("line vty 0 4").

JockVSJock

Ya, you guys are right.

Thanks.