Yes, sorry, I thought editing the /etc/networking/interfaces file on the office machines part went without saying 😉

However, I notice that you put your static IPs on the LAN subnet. Are you saying that it will not work to place them on the hotspot subnet, i.e., the 182.X ?

cybermaus wrote:

# LOCAL static IP range from 96 to 111
statip 192.168.20.96/255.255.255.240

[/quote][code]# LOCAL static IP range from 96 to 111

statip 192.168.20.96/255.255.255.240