Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

2015-03-29 Thread Gibbs
On 29/03/15 23:29, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi Just a minor question about local networking I routinely have a number of different devices connected to my home network such as Ubuntu laptops, iPad, Android phone, Kindle, RPi and so on. The router allocates local IP addresses to them as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

2015-03-29 Thread Alan Pope
On 29 March 2015 at 23:29, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: Is it normally possible to set a general purpose router to recognise a given device and always allocate the same local IP address to it? Depends on the router. Some have the ability to tie an IP address to a specific

[ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

2015-03-29 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi Just a minor question about local networking I routinely have a number of different devices connected to my home network such as Ubuntu laptops, iPad, Android phone, Kindle, RPi and so on. The router allocates local IP addresses to them as and when they connect. Although those IP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-29 Thread James Morrissey
On 25 March 2015 at 08:28, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: There is a ppa for up-to-date Wine versions, if you can enable it in Mint. https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Doesn't seem to fix the problem mentioned in the bugs offered by Barry: