Probably because it's doing a reverse dns lookup for your client but can't 
find a reverse record. Two possible fixes that have worked for me in the 
past:

1.  Put the ips and names of the clients into /etc/hosts
2. Make sure your ip reverses to a hostname in the DNS server the machine 
uses.

-Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas" <thomas at kenshi dot dk>
To: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: [m0n0wall] Slow SSH login


> Hey
>
> After having successfully installed m0n0wall, I've noticed that it now 
> takes a good 30 seconds to login to my servers using Putty or Winscp. 
> After the initial slow login, everything runs great. When I put my Linksys 
> routers back in everything is fast, but with m0n0wall login slows to a 
> crawl.
>
> Anybody got any ideas as to why SSH acts like that when using m0n0wall?
>
> Sincerely,
> Thomas
>
>
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