~ $ time ssh t...@fencepost.gnu.org true
real 2m8.751s
traceroute may be more diagnostic than the raw time, to see if the
problem is in the routing in between. Or ssh -vvv if it's the ssh
negotiation that's taking the two minutes.
I also wonder if ssh on fencepost is trying to do reverse dns on your
host and that is inducing the delay. It's a common reason for such delays.
I also wonder about forcing a connection over IPv4 to see if that makes
a difference, e.g., maybe it's trying to negotiate over v6 that is
taking forever. Another common culprit. --good luck, karl.
