> \_ type 'ssh mybox'. It takes forever to get to the login. If
> \_ I use the ip number (192.168.3.1), poof, I am there. IP is
> \_ is both hosts file. FTP works fine, and so does pop. This
> \_ just began after an update (Debian).

> Check interplay with DNS and /etc/hosts on both computers.  There may
> be a reverse lookup confusing the issue....

Be sure to also check /etc/resolve.conf (may be /etc/resolv.conf,
I always use filename completion, so don't knoe the name precisely)

rusty