Thank you all. the problem is solved. There was a reverse lookup done. On Monday 15 December 2008 15:57, John R Pierce wrote: > Gopinath Achari wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > SSH login to Centos 5.2 (Fresh installed) system takes a long time, > > what is the problem. anyone aware of this > > I've seen that happen when reverse DNS is messed up. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Regards, Gopinath M Network Admin Signal Networks Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore - 01 Smile it increases your face value