Slow SSH responses from server

[sc <sunkcost@pobox.com>]

For some reason, it's taking 30+ seconds to SSH into a server that's 
powering a small LAN to respond to my SSH attempts with the UserID and 
password prompt.  I don't really remember it taking this long before, 
but I'm not sure.  Takes a decent amount of time to respond even after I 
type in the userID and password.  Once I get in, the response times from 
the server are fine. Anybody else having this sort of problem?

Steve