Hi, Matt. Sometimes I think I'm a bit of a magnet for strange problems. Anyway, the problem might be resolved - at least it's working now. I found a blog post that seemed to describe a similar problem here https://expresshosting.net/ssh-hanging-authentication/ I currently have an old Linksys access ...

Thanks, Matt, but I've already tried another sdcard, with the same result.

Yes, I can SSH into it, and I can log in and enter my pasword, but nothing appears on the screen after that - no intro text, no command prompt.

I've just purchased a pi zero w board. I initially loaded Jessie Lite on it, and everything ran fine via SSH. I then tried to install some software, but lost network connectivity during the installs (my fault) and now it seems that I can't get the board to run properly :-( I reinstalled Jessie Lite ...