Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

2015-03-30 Thread Tony Pursell
All routers run DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to automatically give devices an IP address. Devices are usually set to 'use DHCP' so they use the IP address given by the router. Routers will provide for one of two methods of fixing IP addresses. The simplest (to understand) is to

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

2015-03-30 Thread Barry Drake
On 30/03/15 00:22, James Morrissey wrote: Doesn't seem to fix the problem mentioned in the bugs offered by Barry: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.6/+bug/1414995 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.6/+bug/1383214 Can someone tell me how to install an older version?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

2015-03-30 Thread Colin Law
On 29 March 2015 at 23:29, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com 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

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

2015-03-30 Thread Colin Law
On 30 March 2015 at 00:22, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

2015-03-30 Thread Stuart Ward
On 29 March 2015 at 23:40, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Depends on the router. Some have the ability to tie an IP address to a specific device MAC address. I do this to force my home server and phones to have specific IPs. You should be running something other thn the default router