

That’s all handled with adding the x-systemd.automount option to my fstab entry. If it disconnects it’s unmounted, when it’s available again it mounts when something tries to access it.
I have occasionally needed to restart some services if they didn’t like getting disconnected, but as far as mounting goes it’s handled pretty smoothly with that option.
I’m imagining you’re actually using the vintage computer and its just screaming at having been connected to the internet