FC1 and SSH - logins taking a long time

[jeffrey_n_Dyke at Keane.com]

jeffrey_n_Dyke at Keane.com wrote:
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>You could verify this by getting on the SSN target
>machine (192.168.0.4) and running:

>            tcpdump port 53

>and watching the output to see if the DNS stuff is being resolved right
>or timing out when you try to ssh to that machine.

>Since you're on a non-routable IP address (192.168/16), a reverse DNS
>lookup will most likely fail unless you either run an internal DNS>
>server on your local LAN with a full reverse DNS database or you add the
>appropriate entries to the SSH target's /etc/hosts file.


adding to /etc/hosts did the trick.  I don't have internal DNS, but....

Thanks for the help...and really all the help you supply on this list.  Its
truely a great service.

Jeff