use Net::SSH::W32Perl; my $host = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'; my $ssh = new Net::SSH::W32Perl($host,debug=>1); $ssh->login('user-id', 'passw'); #### Nalina: Reading configuration data /.ssh/config Nalina: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config Nalina: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, port 22. Nalina: Socket created, turning on blocking... Nalina: Remote protocol version 1.5, remote software version Cisco-1.25 Protocol major versions differ: 2 vs. 1 at cisco_ssh.pl line 4