ssh connections stopped working

[Colin Law]

On 3 December 2010 22:05, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
>
> I hadn't put the son's computer back into /etc/hosts!

I find that I do not need to put computers on the local network into
/etc/hosts.  If the computer name is piglet then I can just use
piglet.local.  I must admit though that I am not sure what it is that
provides this capability.

Colin