On 2020-07-13 17:20, Ed Greshko wrote:
No matter what the "ping" test shows,
Edit the /etc/nsswitch.conf file to change the hosts: line to
hosts: files dns myhostname
And see if thunar works any differently. It sounds, to me, like there is a network resolution issue going on.
° I changed that following using the prescribed routine and the change appears to be as requested: ..................... # In order of likelihood of use to accelerate lookup. shadow: files sss hosts: files dns myhostname # hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname .........................
J restarted the computer since there was no improvement in the network browser display of SMB.
And years ago my isp insisted that we all use their DNS, I have used whatever they provided, presently the isp is owned by Viasat. The dns seems to work for me.