Have you tried it from another computer using the same internet connection?

yes, see first post.

Ok. Didn't see that one. Then it is without a doubt a DNS issue. And if you haven't played with your DNS settings it is with 99% certainty on the host site. Your ISP is that last 1% and since you can connect fine to other servers, that 1% is almost eliminated.
Have your host go over the reverse DNS again as Rowan suggested.

Try having them run sshd in debug mode (-d) while you try logging in

He's unable to connect via IP, so I don't see where DNS settings come in to play.

He said earlier that he was able to connect via internet explorer. Just VERY slow.

I internet explorer, yes I can connect very slow. But I also used the IP and not the domain.

If it was a host issue, why all three boxes? I would imagine they would know if they did something to all of them.

Bump for more ideas/answers.

I will pick this back up when i awake from passing out.
I have been up over 48 hours not including 2 one hour naps.

bump for you and good luck

Did you remember to feed the gerbils?

check your firewall.. see if it is blocking port 22 :-)

1. Have your host disable name resolving in your sshd and ftp server configurations. (Temporarily for sshd anyway, ftp reverse lookups are a waste of resources)

2. See if a reverse entry for your IP exists and is resolvable. If not, see above.

3. Change either your FTP or SSH port (or both, whatever) on the server and see if you can connect through the alternate port(s).

I have same problem before two weeks.I was solved it by adding domain name and ip adress from my server into hosts file.

another bump for you

Did you finally get this resolved?

was it fixed and if yes, what was the problem??

Not completly fixed. I can however connect and get some of the work done thanks to crank over at techiemedia who directed me to try using an SSH ftp program over port 22.

I also discovered if I set the timeout function in my ftp to over 2 minutes, it allowed me in. Though it was also a long wait between each task. The SSH way just takes a bit to connect but once connected all is fine and fast.

The direct problem has not been resolved yet and I am leaning toward a hardware issue on my end. So still have a tech scheaduled to see what the fuck is and went wrong.

BTW for those that suggested it, adding ips and domains to hosts file, no help. Firewall was also not blocking any ports. DNS is fine. Lastly I was unable to connect via standard ftp through port 22. Crank had to have me change and set a lot of different check boxes in the secure ftp program he suggested I try.

So then, how come you could FTP in one of my boxes with no delay ?

Makes no fucking sense :2 cents: