Issue  Desire to create Terminal Server ("TS" in this document) out of 2811 Cisco Router with HWIC-16A card (with Octal cables)  Desire to use SSH over Telnet   Prerequisites  TS is ip'ed, SSH access configured (to the TS)  Octal cables connected to HWIC and Cisco device console ports 0-7, 8-15 Useful Commands  "Show Line" (Line #, where # is 0-15 is also useful)  "Show Run | s Line"  "Clear line #" (where # is 2-17, whichever line you wish to disconnect)  "ssh -p #### XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" (where #### is the port number/ line, and the IP is the TS IP)   Ctrl^6, x (exits line when using TS SSH to SSH into tty lines, follow with "Disconnect" to remain disconnected)   Solution !Create rotary's for each SSH port: Configure Terminal ip ssh port 4000 rotary 1 ip ssh port 4001 rotary 2 ip ssh port 4002 rotary 3 ip ssh port 4003 rotary 4 ip ssh port 4004 rotary 5 ip ssh port 4005 rotary 6 ip ssh port 4006 rotary 7 ip ssh port 4007 rotary 8 ip ssh port 4008 rotary 9 ip ssh port 4009 rotary 10 ip ssh port 4010 rotary 11 ip ssh port 4011 rotary 12 ip ssh port 4012 rotary 13 ip ssh port 4013 rotary 14 ip ssh port 4014 rotary 15 ip ssh port 4015 rotary 16 ! The above is summarized as "ip ssh port 4000 rotary 1 16" but is left expanded for understanding ! The below is simplified, you can change settings as described if needed line 0/0/0 session-timeout 5       ! Timeout in minutes logging synchronous   ! Helps when logging login local                   ! Uses TS login credentials, you CAN create unique passwords per line if needed rotary 1                      ! Ties this line to rotary 1 (ssh to TS ip address on port 4000 in our example) transport input ssh      ! Forces SSH transport output ssh     ! Forces SSH stopbits 1                    ! Lines default to 2 (cisco console is 1 stopbit) ! line 0/0/1 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 2 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/2 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 3 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/3 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 4 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/4 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 5 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/5 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 6 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/6 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 7 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/7 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 8 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/8 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 9 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/9 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 10 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/10 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 11 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/11 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 12 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/12 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 13 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/13 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 14 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/14 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 15 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ! line 0/0/15 session-timeout 5 logging synchronous login local rotary 16 transport input ssh transport output ssh stopbits 1 ///////// I hope you found this configuration example / guide useful!     ... View more