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"Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote in message
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> I wouldn't worry too much, plug-top PSU's often get rather warm, I've had
> a few that you could hardly touch, but I'm still here ;-)
>
> I'll hopefully be in until noon if you have a working phone to call..!
> Just taken the plunge and ordered one so we'll see how it goes......
>
>
> Ivor[/color]

The 24 hours charge seems to have been OK. The euro plug didn't become any
hotter than it was after the first few minutes.

I did notice that the battery level indicator showed a full charge very
early on, but while I was faffing about with the settings this morning, it
reverted back to showing a 'charging' status. I pulled the plug anyway
after the 24 hours was up, and it showed a full charge on battery power. It
still does after an hour and a half of setting and resetting the voip
connection from Sipgate to Voxalot where I've got 5 different accounts to
play around with. You wouldn't believe how many different status and echo
tests you can make if you really put your mind to it. Not to mention the
'Tellme' service news, sports and weather updates from the states! It
performed well through all this, and even when the signal strength was only
2 bars out of 6, strength and clarity was very good.

What I thought was a firmware upgrade on a mini cd actually turned out to be
a 'utility' programme. I think the idea is to configure the phone from the
computer, but although the proggy installed ok on Windows XP and the phone
shows up correctly on the task bar, I get a box popping up asking for the
handset number, which at the moment I don't have a clue where to find. When
I feel the need, I'll look for it.

On May 15, 1:28*pm, "cybuerke" <cybue...@PLMgmail.com> wrote:
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> What I thought was a firmware upgrade on a mini cd actually turned out to be
> a 'utility' programme. *I think the idea is to configure the phone from the
> computer, but although the proggy installed ok on Windows XP and the phone
> shows up correctly on the task bar, I get a box popping up asking for the
> handset number, which at the moment I don't have a clue where to find. *When
> I feel the need, I'll look for it.[/color]

The utility program is what you need to upgrade firmware, download
hpotos off the phone, etc.

The phone code by default is 4 zeros - 0000 to connect via the utility

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<voiptalker@gmail.com> wrote in message
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The utility program is what you need to upgrade firmware, download
hpotos off the phone, etc.

The phone code by default is 4 zeros - 0000 to connect via the utility

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Ah - righty ho, thanks for that.

One more thing. I lost wireless signal on wifi a couple of times this
afternoon, even though I was almost on top of the router. Have you had
probs with this? Or perhaps I may have been covering the antenna with my
hand. Would you know if that lives behind the little holes that are
alongside the camera?

"cybuerke" <cybuerke@PLMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> One more thing. I lost wireless signal on wifi a couple of times this
> afternoon, even though I was almost on top of the router. Have you had
> probs with this? Or perhaps I may have been covering the antenna with my
> hand.[/color]

Happened again last night, and this time I was able to track it down to a
failed WPA passphrase handshake with the router.

I've really got far too much hanging off this router. Four eth. ports +
four wireless connections including this phone. Summats gonna have to go...

On May 16, 10:54*am, "cybuerke" <cybue...@PLMgmail.com> wrote:
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> I've really got far too much hanging off this router. *Four eth. ports +
> four wireless connections including this phone. *Summats gonna have to go...[/color]

Doesn't sound that much to me. We have 4 ethernet, 1 USB and 5
wireless connections to our router here with no issues of that
type.... Don't know what router you use, but I thought most of the
newish ones (at least 5 years or so) can handle up to 254 connections.

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<voiptalker@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On May 16, 10:54 am, "cybuerke" <cybue...@PLMgmail.com> wrote:
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> I've really got far too much hanging off this router. Four eth. ports +
> four wireless connections including this phone. Summats gonna have to
> go...[/color]

Doesn't sound that much to me. We have 4 ethernet, 1 USB and 5
wireless connections to our router here with no issues of that
type.... Don't know what router you use, but I thought most of the
newish ones (at least 5 years or so) can handle up to 254 connections.

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Well, it's a Belkin (love 'em or hate 'em) F5D8630. I do get the occasional
blip on the network front. Can more or less rule out the cabling to the
exchange as that was renewed a couple of years back. The internals are
good - filtered face plate and a very short run to the modem/router. New
Cat 5e cables.

When I run Wireshark, the scrolling of traffic is frightening. I mean, I
know that electronic switching is done at the speed of light, but Gordon
Bennett, it's an almighty blur. And you're saying it can handle 254
connections? Blimey.

On May 16, 12:44*pm, "cybuerke" <cybue...@PLMgmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> <voiptal...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:179fd0a7-e170-4025-8457-9dbf854136f4@24g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On May 16, 10:54 am, "cybuerke" <cybue...@PLMgmail.com> wrote:
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> > I've really got far too much hanging off this router. Four eth. ports +
> > four wireless connections including this phone. Summats gonna have to
> > go...[/color]
>
> Doesn't sound that much to me. We have 4 ethernet, 1 USB and 5
> wireless connections to our router here with no issues of that
> type.... Don't know what router you use, but I thought most of the
> newish ones (at least 5 years or so) can handle up to 254 connections.
>
> --
>
> Well, it's a Belkin (love 'em or hate 'em) F5D8630. *I do get the occasional
> blip on the network front. *Can more or less rule out the cabling to the
> exchange as that was renewed a couple of years back. *The internals are
> good - filtered face plate and a very short run to the modem/router. *New
> Cat 5e cables.
>
> When I run Wireshark, the scrolling of traffic is frightening. *I mean, I
> know that electronic switching is done at the speed of light, but Gordon
> Bennett, it's an almighty blur. *And you're saying it can handle 254
> connections? *Blimey.[/color]

Well, I assumed that most modern routers could handle "loads" of
connections. Can't find confirmation right now, but I believe the
Speedtouch 780wl can handle 254 connections and it's hardly the
highest spec piece of kit around..

Looking at the Belkin manual on:
[url]http://belkin.httpsvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/belkin_vitalstream_com/support/dl/p74911uk_f5d8630_man.pdf[/url]
it seems that your model can handle 100 computers/connections (see
pages 26-27 of the manual).

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Cybuerke:[color=blue]
>Happened again last night, and this time I was able to track it down to a
>failed WPA passphrase handshake with the router.[/color]

Little while ago I asked Zyxel if they going to provide firmware update with
WPA/2 for their WiFi phone.
The answer was: No, the WPA regular handshake cuts of the phone connection.

On the other hand the Senao has WPA, as do mobile / WiFi / VoIP phones.
So what is the full SP ?
Regards,
Martin

"Martin²" <never@give.one> wrote in message
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> Cybuerke:[color=green]
>>Happened again last night, and this time I was able to track it down to a
>>failed WPA passphrase handshake with the router.[/color]
>
> Little while ago I asked Zyxel if they going to provide firmware update
> with WPA/2 for their WiFi phone.
> The answer was: No, the WPA regular handshake cuts of the phone
> connection.
>
> On the other hand the Senao has WPA, as do mobile / WiFi / VoIP phones.
> So what is the full SP ?
> Regards,
> Martin[/color]


Can't find an answer anywhere about this. Maybe it's one of those things
that 'just happens'. I had a series of dropped connections yesterday - not
all on account of the phone though. All wireless was dropped at one point,
although the wired connections were still up. At another time everything
went, and not even a power cycle of the modem restored it. I don't think
it's owt to do with the ISP or BT as nothing's been reported. I know a lot
of ISPs will lie through their teeth, but the Entanet crowd are up front
with their problems, so I tend to trust them.

Anyway I pulled what I didn't need off the network, so I'm left with a
wired PC and the Pirelli, and everything's been sweet over night. I'll just
leave it as is today and see what occurs.

cybuerke expressed precisely :
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>
> Anyway I pulled what I didn't need off the network, so I'm left with a wired
> PC and the Pirelli, and everything's been sweet over night. I'll just leave
> it as is today and see what occurs.[/color]


Mine arrived yesterday & is now fully charged.

It took all of 2 minutes to set the wifi up & connect it to my Asterisk
server as an extension.

Very pleased with it.....except for one thing:

For anyone else reading this, there's no Bluetooth support.