"swapping boxes" sounds like DHCP is maybe handing out a different lease than you expect. The DHCP server grants leases based on the MAC address, which will follow the hardware, typically. Check that your machines have the ip addresses you think they do.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:42 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been experimenting with Linux Mint Mate. I have it running on my > machine, ENU-2. I have Xubuntu running on ENU-1. I have successfully > connected the machines using Gigolo. I did so this morning before I > swapped boxes. Now I get "No route to host" when I try to use Gigolo on > ENU-2 to connect to ENU-1. On ENU-1, I get a different error message, > "Connecting to "sftp://[email protected]";. Why should it be trying to > use sftp when it's set in Gigolo to use ssh? > > I have two other computers. ENU-2 is able to connect to those two. ENU-1 > gives me the same error message when I try to connect to them. They, > too, complain about sftp. > > I have tried using the command line. > > rsteff@ENU-1:-$ ssh 192.168.0.134 > ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.134 port 22: Network is unreachable > > I get the same error message, adjusted for the IP address I'm trying to > reach, for each of the other two machines coming from ENU-1. > > I'm guessing there's something missing somewhere, but I don't understand > why it worked before swapping boxes this morning, and why ENU-2 is able > to connect to two of my machines but not the third one. > > Clue stick invited. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens >
