Really slow ssh connection

[John Summerfield]

Mike Martin wrote:
> On 10/12/2007, shrek-m at gmx.de <shrek-m at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Mike Martin schrieb:
>>> I have two boxes linked via a netgear router and ssh is really slow
>>> since updating to F8 final
>>>
>>> Command line ssh takes about 3-4 minutes before giving password
>>> prompt, and then everything is speedy.
>>>
>>> nautilus just times out
>>>
>>> any ideas
>>>
>> f8 ?
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>>
>> dns?
>> /etc/hosts?
>> cable?
>> ping
>>
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> 
> I connect via IP address so I would have thought that dns and
> /etc/hosts should not come into it

The server looks up the IP address from which the client connects. If 
the authoritative DNS server can't be reached, it times out.

There can be several timeouts, but 3-4 minutes seems excessive.

> 
> As I said once connected everything is fast, its the initial
> connection that is the problem
> 


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Cheers
John

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