Quote Originally Posted by nishtya

Now if I have to delete some key file or whatnot on the one machine every time I want to ssh into it from the other it sort of defeats the purpose and I am back to running up and down the stairs, no? Or can I keep the same key through reboots (if I only use one linux maybe on that downstairs puter?) My coworker says I could do something with a static IP but it is getting to be a bit beyond my level of expertise (none)
Heheh no you do not need to do that every time. You apparently re-ran the fix-ssh script which overwrote your ssh key. Now when you try to log in ssh does what it was meant to do. It tells you that something has changed (and it has).

ssh keeps a list of known hosts (/home/nishtya/.ssh/known_hosts). If a known hosts tries to connect again it references /home/nishtya/.ssh/known_hosts.

So you can basically start from scratch like so:

On each box do: rm -rf /home/nishtya/.ssh/known_hosts

Then ssh [email protected] and it will creat a new known_hosts file.