On Wed, 10 Dec 2025, Johnathan Mantey wrote:
Do you have OpenSSH or Dropbear, or whatever SSH server your distro uses? Have you confirmed the sshd is running on your machines? Eg. systemctl status sshd? Have you confirmed any local firewall SW is permitting ssh traffic?
Johnathan, Both hosts are on the LAN, sitting next to each other at the moment. Slackware uses OpenSSH; ssh runs constantly on both nodes (that's why the laptop can connect to the desktop.) The network firewall is separate from local hosts. Thanks, Rich
