Root password of device

[ios6rocks]

Hi i am doing the process of downgrading my device but when I do It asks for a root password and it says alpine is the default password but when I type alpine in the terminal it just says Connecting to device via SSH...
ERROR: SSH/SCP failed, make sure that you are jailbroken with OpenSSH installed, try rebooting the device
Exiting...
I've seen many posts saying a I need to install open ssh but what I don't know is how to install open ssh and also view the root password any answer is free to be said pls I need help with the downgrade

iOS Device 

• Device: iPad 2,1
• Desired Version: iOS 6.1.3