I'm the author of Net::Telnet::Cisco. You can always find the most recent copy at: ftp://ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/J/JO/JOSHUA/ At the time of this writing, Aug 1, Net::Telnet::Cisco is up to v1.03. Here are some of the nice things about it: 1. The default prompt works for a variety of hosts. I spent the time figuring it out so you don't have to. 2. The error-handling that Net::Telnet provides allows you to call a sub when an error occurs. Net::Telnet::Cisco handles all router-generated errors that match /^%/, which is almost all of them. Still curious? Take a look at the Net::Telnet::Cisco README in http://search.cpan.org/ to get an idea of what you can accomplish with the module. Future plans: I'd like to include an EXAMPLES section which discusses common tasks (e.g. backing up the running-confg aka performing a write net aka performing a copy) Yours, Joshua