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sipgate - anyone use it? Getting a lot of Network Busy errors
Seems to be very unreliable of late - using both a Siemens Gigaset N300 and Zoiper on Android. Dialling certain numbers fails with "Network Busy" and others on the same exchange code dial just fine......
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Network/IT cabinet for hall - random idea bounce
Looking for something in the format of a kitchen wall cabinet, about 1.2-1.4m wide, 0.6m tall and 0.4m deep Needs to be able to accept 19" rackmount on one half, shelves on the other half....
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TOT; Question
If someone is run over crossing the road, their fault, they walked out in front of a car & were killed instantly. Nothing suspicious, just an accident. What would happen to their personal stuff like...
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Auto-sleep modems
European Union rules will oblige new networked devices such as modems and internet-connected televisions to switch themselves off when not in use. Going to be plenty of work for non-repair men...
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OT What the EUSSR did last year.
Think the EU is perfect? Well...
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OT Magic tricks.
Don't see how thisis done except by video editing? Hans Klok enchaine 15 effets de magie en 5 minutes PGCM du 27 avril 2013
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OT: Thomson router firmware
My brother has a Thomson TG585 router supplied back in the day by Plusnet. I'm told it says version 8 software 8.2.7.8. Is there a way to un-plusnet it, turn off the ADSL bit and make it work nicely...
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Super-flexible tubing - what to search for ?
HI Folks New Year project is to do something positive about flux fume extract for my stained-glass activities. I have one of those free-standing 'maplin' filter/fans - but it only works over a small...
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SOT: Cooker question
Not a DIY question just something the clever people here might know the answer to: why, if I turn off a burner on my gas hob after it has been on for some time and has thus fully warmed up ... will...
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Car Starter
Any ideas on this: Car starts well - even after 2 weeks in an airport car-park in December but: If I stall it when it is warm, it behaves as though the battery is flat - clunk - nothing. Eventually it...
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Failure mode of cheap wireless doorbell chime pushes
Hi all has anyone done any exploratory/repair work on these sort of things? You know the ones, they operate in the 433MHz band I think, and you set some DIP switches on both bell push and receiver so...
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concrete cleaning
We at Target Traffiti do Concrete Cleaning, and we have all kind of Graffiti Removal Products, and we are leading Paint Removal Service Providers in Toronto. More Info: Our Services: good bye graffiti...
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Dyson on You and Yours today.
Dyson and son were on You and Yours today. Son has 'invented' a very long life high power LED. Not like father like son, then?
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Plumbers - please decipher....
Hi, My 90 year old mother-in-law had water coming through the ceiling a couple of weeks ago - at 11:30pm! We live 150 miles away and had to organise a plu mber using Google :-( Cost us a fortune! The...
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Combination microwave question
I have a Sharp's R-959 combination microwave. When I set the convection only mode at say 190C, to use as a conventional oven, When it pings to say it has reached its temperature, an oven thermometer...
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