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 and when they connect. > Although those IP addresses are always within a very narrow range > (192.168.1.1 -> 12) they are not fixed. > > 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? > > Thanks > > Nige > >
If your router doesn't provide you the option this can done with DHCP. Some links that might help from a quick google. Android - http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11130/~/how-do-i-set-a-static-ip-address-in-the-android-operating-system%3F iPad - http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/19/manual-dhcp-static-ip-address-ios/ RPi - http://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/16683276-how-to-setup-a-static-ip-address-on-your-raspberry-pi Kindle - http://www.howtofixanything.co.uk/howto-kindlestaticip.html Gibbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/