If you are having slow ssh connections it makes a LOT more sense to track down the actual problem instead. The solution posted is just a band aid.

To debug an ssh connection simply add the '-v' option. For instance, if the command you would normally run is 'ssh foo@bar.com' then change it to 'ssh -v foo@bar.com'.

You will get a great deal of debug printed on the screen, and most of it won't make sense, but by look at the last bit that is printed before the delay you'll get a good idea what the cause of the problem is. At that point you'll want to read through the man pages for sshd_config, and for ssh_config and hopefully you'll be able to find a setting to fix the problem.

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If you are having slow ssh connections it makes a LOT more sense to track down the actual problem instead. The solution posted is just a band aid.

You are right, it is better to find and fix the problem. But sometimes it just saves a lot of time to work around instead of fixing. I tried to make this clear by putting the word "workaround" in the title instead of "fix".

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