I tried to ssh from this machine to my laptop (ssh lapdog3) and find that
ssh is somehow using an old IP instead of doing name resolution on th e name
lapdog2 which now has a new lease on a different IP.

1) How do I fix this?
2) Why does ssh use an old, apparently, stored IP?

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Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry

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