Thanks for the example, Zentara, it has been helpful in trying to get Net::SSH2 up and running. Do you (or anyone else on this thread) have any experience using Net::Telnet or Net::Telnet::Cisco on top of Net::SSH2, for example, by using Net::Telnet's fhopen() method to direct it to use the Net::SSH2 connection?

Or to hack Net::Appliance::Session to use Net::SSH2 for its SSH transport, instead of the current logic, which forks a new process and runs an external ssh binary?