terminal, slow connect

[Cybix]

recently my terminal has slowed right down on connecting. even to local hosts in my LAN...

i initiate the connection and it's just painfully slow, after maybe 30sec to a minute the login prompt appears.

i cleaned out my .ssh/known_hosts file... hrmm

any ideas?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Check the following file for unneeded/unwanted content:

~/.profile

This file is loaded every time the shell starts. Extra stuff in there may be gumming up your shell loading.

 

[mainstreetmark]

for *every* host?

Are you ssh-ing to IPs or domain names? Try IP to avoid a DNS lookup.

Ping times reasonable? (well under one second)

can you 'dig' or 'traceroute' the remote guy?

 

[Cybix]

Check the following file for unneeded/unwanted content:

~/.profile

This file is loaded every time the shell starts. Extra stuff in there may be gumming up your shell loading.

on the destination host? there is no .profile on my mac...

for *every* host?

Are you ssh-ing to IPs or domain names? Try IP to avoid a DNS lookup.

Ping times reasonable? (well under one second)

can you 'dig' or 'traceroute' the remote guy?

now that i think about it, it's one host, my home linux box... hrmmmmm. interesting, will look at it a little closer