complete -W "$(echo `cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts | cut -f 1 -d ' ' \
| sed -e s/,.*//g | uniq | grep -v "\["`;)" ssh

Open a new shell and type ssh tab tab. I love tab completion, don’t you?

In your ~/.ssh/config file, add:

Host *
        ControlMaster auto
        ControlPath /tmp/%r@%h:%p

Whenever you connect to server.example.com as user joeuser, SSH will create a named pipe at /tmp/joeuser@server.example.com:22. If you open another connection to the same server (as the same user), instead of creating a new TCP/IP connection, SSH will automatically multiplex the new session with the existing connection (through the named pipe)! This reduces time spent setting up new connections. Although this usual only saves a couple of seconds per connection, I’m constantly opening several simultaneous sessions; this will definitely add up to a significant savings over the long term!