So, I've got a small home setup using a ISP ( comcast ) provided router. Two computers, both running Mint 21.3 and a printer. Ok, I've got two more, but the laptop is shut down right now and the Mint/ widows dual boot HP is gathering dust in the closet.
At any rate, all boxes are running mint 21.3. All have Openssh server, Openssh client and Openssh-sftp server installed. I'm also running Nordvpn on all boxes. I have them networked with the command "sftp://username@IPadress/" This setup has been in place for about a year now with few glitches. However, of late, and I can't recall when it started, I get this odd seeming issue. Mind you, the laptop and the HP are both powered down and out of the loop at present so I don't know if the issue extends to them or not. Anyway, here's the issue.
I start the day powering both computers. On box b, I open file manager and click on the link for box a. This results in a "host could not be found" error message. So, I close file manager and wander into the other room to computer a. From computer a, open file manager, click the link for computer b and, viola, there's all the files for computer b. Now I wander back to computer b, open file manager, click the link for computer a, and then it finds computer a and everything is fine.
Until one or the other of them drops into suspend. When awoken, we do that same shuffle again to restore connectivity.
So, what am I suddenly doing wrong?
At any rate, all boxes are running mint 21.3. All have Openssh server, Openssh client and Openssh-sftp server installed. I'm also running Nordvpn on all boxes. I have them networked with the command "sftp://username@IPadress/" This setup has been in place for about a year now with few glitches. However, of late, and I can't recall when it started, I get this odd seeming issue. Mind you, the laptop and the HP are both powered down and out of the loop at present so I don't know if the issue extends to them or not. Anyway, here's the issue.
I start the day powering both computers. On box b, I open file manager and click on the link for box a. This results in a "host could not be found" error message. So, I close file manager and wander into the other room to computer a. From computer a, open file manager, click the link for computer b and, viola, there's all the files for computer b. Now I wander back to computer b, open file manager, click the link for computer a, and then it finds computer a and everything is fine.
Until one or the other of them drops into suspend. When awoken, we do that same shuffle again to restore connectivity.
So, what am I suddenly doing wrong?