Sorry about being full of questions... but hey, I'm still new to all this.

Is it normal for an SSH session to take almost 2 minutes between starting 
the attempt to connect, and getting as far as asking for a password?

I am using Mac OS X's command line SSH (open a terminal and type SSH). My 
connection at home is a 144k iDSL line, and at work (where the NetBSD 
machine is) is a 384k sDSL line. Once connected, there is no real 
slowness, it just seems to be the initial connection takes 2 minutes.

When I tested SSH at work, on the local LAN, there was never more than 
about a 10 second delay (using MacSSH), and less using Nifty Telnet SSH.

If the lag time is normal, so be it (annoying, but I can deal), but I am 
wondering if it is a sign that something still isn't right with my 
IPNetRouter port mapping, and maybe that is delaying the connection 
attempt.

-chris
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