figured it out.... This router is using vrf's and when you are using vrf's you need to add vrf-also ...

also forgot to mention i tried both listed methods and it did not work. 

wow this is infuriating... i have made the most basic vty config i can think of. and the second i ad...

Weird so i removed aaa and i can't ssh from 192.168.1.0/24 i get a connection refused wtf am i missi...

So I can't seem to figure out how to do this. On an perimeter router I just want to block any incomi...

Yep that is it, aaa policy was messing it up you cannot do local authentication with that for what e...

that does not seem to help for some reason i am getting authorization failed which i think would be ...

accidentally double posted

Once i remove the ACL i am able to get to the login prompt however somehow it fails authentication s...

It has been a while since i have tested that portion but if i remember correctly if i remove the ACL...

It has been a while since i have tested that portion but if i remember correctly if i remove the ACL...

No prompt for authentication, i get a refused connection. so i am accessing it from that 192.168.1.1...

Whoops did one thing wrong, i am actually getting a refused connection from the device not a failed ...

Basically blank aaa new-model aaa authentication login default local enable aaa authorization exec d...

Correct it should be local authentication and i believe AAA is enabled.