ssh connection slows down in Ubuntu

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The OpenSSH server on the server attempts to look up the reverse DNS of the connecting machine. The client machine does not have a host name (i.e. reverse DNS) set up. The quick solution is to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf

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# Change this line
# hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
# To this (removed mdns4)
hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns