I switched from using SSH to Telnet to see if that was the issue. I got the same results, but I also got another error:
Error setting up platform asuswrt
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/device_tracker/__init__.py", line 174, in async_setup_platform
hass, {DOMAIN: p_config})
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/device_tracker/asuswrt.py", line 46, in async_get_scanner
await scanner.async_connect()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/device_tracker/asuswrt.py", line 71, in async_connect
data = await self.connection.async_get_connected_devices()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/aioasuswrt/asuswrt.py", line 157, in async_get_connected_devices
devices.update(await self.async_get_wl())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/aioasuswrt/asuswrt.py", line 93, in async_get_wl
lines = await self.connection.async_run_command(_WL_CMD)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/aioasuswrt/connection.py", line 78, in async_run_command
await self.async_connect()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/aioasuswrt/connection.py", line 88, in async_connect
await self._reader.readuntil(b'login: ')
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/asyncio/streams.py", line 578, in readuntil
raise IncompleteReadError(chunk, None)
asyncio.streams.IncompleteReadError: 458 bytes read on a total of None expected bytes
Thinking WAY back to my initiation into HA (4 months ago)… I remember creating a blank known_devices.yaml file and let HA populate it after it discovered them.