Do the guests have correctly configured nameservers? I've seen ssh be really slow while it tries to do a lookup on the connecting IP if there's a nameserver timeout.
For the Record: This process has worked for nearly a year w/o any incident. Yesterday was the first noted failure and there were two. As my luck is running today, the linux admin is out today. I'll need to verify the DNS issue w/him tomorrow. I'm fairly confident DNS issues are not the culprit here. 20+ other guests did not experience a similar issue. Thanks for the thought, but I can't verify yes or not until tomorrow. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential, trade secret or privileged information. Any unauthorized review use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited and may be a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this message to an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
