>I don't have a machine capable to run OSX ( it won't run any good on my 
>dual 604e )

I think Other World Computing has a patch that will let you install OS X 
on older 604 based machines.

> but I could test 
>MacOS 8.6 if that would be any help.

Nah, I know it works ok running on PPC apps (MacSSH and Nifty Telnet SSH) 
under OSes prior to X.

>Maybe SSH consumes lots of bandwidth when connecting and your internet 
>connection is slow ? I didn't really try that, only ISDN -> university -> 
>Sun-in-uni-network. What's about your ping time ? DSL seems to be 
>notorious for long latencies, maybe SSH doesn't like that.

Normally my connection on both ends is pretty solid with low ping times.

-chris
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