slow ssh connection to winXP guest

[kkempter]

Hi all;

I've setup a winXP guest in VM Workstation 6.0 on a Fedora 7 host. I installed cygwin and via cygwin I installed ssh server as a windows service per this link:

( http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html)

although I did NOT run the mkpasswd and mkgroup commands as it seems that this broke the install so I could not connect at all. The VM is using NAT because I could not get it to connect to the internet at all via a bridged connection.

I also setup an authorized_keys file on the guest like in this link: (http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~mbonati/WIRC/manual/DATARED/setting_up_no-password_ssh.html).

Now I can ssh to the guest (

Hi all;

I've setup a winXP guest in VM Workstation 6.0

on a Fedora 7 host. I installed cygwin and via cygwin I installed ssh

server as a windows service per this link:

( http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html)

although

I did NOT run the mkpasswd and mkgroup commands as it seems that this

broke the install so I could not connect at all. The VM is using NAT

because I could not get it to connect to the internet at all via a

bridged connection.

I also setup an authorized_keys file on

the guest like in this link:

(http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~mbonati/WIRC/manual/DATARED/setting_up_no-password_ssh.html).

Now I can ssh to the guest ( 172.16.128.1 ) however, if I run "ssh 172.16.128.1" it takes at least 30 seconds, in some cases over a minute to connect. I'm using the IP and not a host name.

Any Ideas?

[kkempter]

More info.

If I remove the authorized_keys file and force the ssh command to prompt for a password, I get the same results, a delay of 30 seconds to 1minute plus before I get the password prompt

[CassiusVinicius]

Hello,

Try to disable the others authentication methods.

Cheers,

Cassius Vinicius.