Cant connect to Cisco switch with NAPALM ,IOS 12.2(25)SEE3

[mmabdelwahed]

Hi,
I am new to python network automation and I am trying to use NAPALM to connect to Cisco switches , I can connect to switches with IOS 15 , but when i try to connect to switch with IOS 12.2(25)SEE3 i get this error :

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\netmiko\base_connection.py", line 1046, in establish_connection
self.remote_conn_pre.connect(**ssh_connect_params)
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\paramiko\client.py", line 381, in connect
raise NoValidConnectionsError(errors)
paramiko.ssh_exception.NoValidConnectionsError: [Errno None] Unable to connect to port 22 on 192.168.201.11

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\napalm\base\base.py", line 113, in _netmiko_open
self._netmiko_device = ConnectHandler(
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\netmiko\ssh_dispatcher.py", line 365, in ConnectHandler
return ConnectionClass(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\netmiko\base_connection.py", line 439, in init
self._open()
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\netmiko\base_connection.py", line 444, in _open
self.establish_connection()
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\netmiko\base_connection.py", line 1068, in establish_connection
raise NetmikoTimeoutException(msg)
netmiko.exceptions.NetmikoTimeoutException: TCP connection to device failed.

Common causes of this problem are:

1. Incorrect hostname or IP address.
2. Wrong TCP port.
3. Intermediate firewall blocking access.

Device settings: cisco_ios

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 17, in
device.open()
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\napalm\ios\ios.py", line 170, in open
self.device = self._netmiko_open(
File "C:\Users\automation\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\napalm\base\base.py", line 122, in _netmiko_open
raise ConnectionException("Cannot connect to {}".format(self.hostname))
napalm.base.exceptions.ConnectionException: Cannot connect to

is it related to the CISCO IOS and is there anyway to mitigate this issue

[ktbyers]

Can you post the code for the device you are connecting to? Are you sure you properly passed in a hostname/IP address? The above error doesn't show the hostname or IP address (which makes me think that it is missing).