You may be experiencing the GSSAPIAuthentication delay. The -v flag will help identify where the connection is being delayed. ssh -v [user@]hostname [command]

You may be experiencing the GSSAPIAuthentication delay. The -v flag will help identify where the connection is being delayed. ssh -v [user@]hostname [command] Try connecting with the option disabled. ssh -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no [user@]hostname [command] You can globally disable GSSAPIAuthentication in ssh config: echo 'GSSAPIAuthentication=no' >> ~/.ssh/config