"John Klos" <john@sixgirls.org> writes:
< I write:
< > I've got a Quadra 610 running OpenBSD 2.9 and a IIci that used to run
< > OpenBSD 2.9 and now runs NetBSD 1.5.2. Connection to the Q610 with ssh
< > generally takes 5-10 seconds. Connecting to the IIci when it was
< > running OpenBSD used to take 15-30 seconds. Now, connecting to the
< > IIci when it is running NetBSD takes about 7 minutes. What might cause
< > this difference?
<
< One guess would be that your client is using ssh2 by default, and NetBSD
< is accepting ssh2 connections. Try again with ssh -1.

Using ssh1 connections does significantly speed up the connecting, but
doesn't explain the original discrepency.

        OpenBSD NetBSD
         Q610    IIci

ssh 1     6s      14s
  
ssh 2    23s     435s

435 seconds does not fit.

Mark Geary