On 18 Sep 2013, at 10:55, Stefan G. Weichinger <li...@xunil.at> wrote:

> Am 18.09.2013 11:53, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> 
>> Rebuilt openssh already.
>> 
>> Maybe I should downgrade for testing ...
>> 
>> The problematic box: net-misc/openssh-6.2_p2-r4
>> The working box: net-misc/openssh-5.9_p1-r4
> 
> Yep. Downgrading works for me.
> 
> 

Not sure why a downgraded openssh would improve things for you if this is the 
issue, however I faced the same issue as yourself and it was caused by mDNS 
trying to do a reverse lookup on the host connecting in to the affected server, 
ultimately causing the SSH connection to hang.

Check that the order of sources on the hosts line of you /etc/nsswitch.conf[1] 
file on the server that you are having issues _connecting to_, not the desktop 
that you're connecting from.

Mine is:

        `hosts:          files dns mdns4_minimal mdns4`

Note `dns` is before `mdns4`.

[1] http://linux.die.net/man/5/nsswitch.conf

Joe

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