Re: Slow SSH responses from server

["hogan" <hogan@netspace.net.au>]

> > 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?
> >
>
> Sounds normal to me.  Sometimes my login goes fast, sometimes slow.
> Don't really know why.  Maybe someone else on the list will enlighten
> us.
> kent

Is the IP of the machine you're logging in resolvable? If not, you have to
wait for a DNS timeout.