# Cisco switch unreachable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-unreachable/24931>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [July 8, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-unreachable/24931 "2017-07-08T11:17:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Phil\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Phil\_F](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phil_F)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-unreachable/24931/1 "2017-07-08T11:17:48Z")

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Hi,

I have just installed Ansible for the first time and am attempting to connect to a Cisco switch, this needs to be with username and password.

From both an Ubuntu server and my Mac I can ssh to the box with the same username and password I have configured in the ansible inventory.

I have attempted from an Ubuntu host and my Mac, however I am receiving the following error:

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-unreachable/24931/2 "2017-07-10T17:58:57Z")

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This is one of the more asked and answered question so I just gona give you a link.

[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ansible-project/KR1DDD4Avr8/o4lw-YpuAgAJ](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ansible-project/KR1DDD4Avr8/o4lw-YpuAgAJ)

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**Author:** ![Phil\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Phil\_F](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phil_F)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switch-unreachable/24931/3 "2017-07-10T19:40:43Z")

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Yeah I should have done a search first - thanks, fixed 🙂