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IP Dialing and the SPA3102

My father has just traveled to Italy and will be there for about 2 months, while he was there it would be handy for him to call me cheap, enabling IP dialing on the SPA3102 will achieve this along with the usage of SIPBroker.  In effect he will be IP Dialing my ATA (seem as though Mynetfone doesn’t allow other VSP interconnection).

I followed the instructions set out in the very helpful website http://www.voipstuff.net.au/IPDialling.html.

Fortunately I have a static IP so the requirement to use dynDNS was not needed.  Due to the network I run at home the  STUN server method didn’t work.  To get around this I entered my IP number in the EXT IP option on the SIP Tab.  For the option “Send resp to src port” I marked it YES.  The rest of the instruction at voipstuff were followed.

At first I could call my phone and I could hear but the receiver could not hear me.  I eventually tracked this down to be a port rule problem so opened and forwarded the appropriate ports to the ATA.

I’m pleases to report that it all works, now I just need to have Dad call the SIPBroker PSTN number in Milan and try it out!

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The Global Fin’ Criss and Big Baths

I’m currently studying Decision Analysis at Uni.

All these big big companies around the world (of particular note Japan and of course USA and UK) are making massive losses, and even first reported losses in the history of the Company a-la Toyota. Sure these a re a result in losses taken (in some cases) securitised mortgages and default swaps etc, however, surely not all the company performance can be blamed on the GFC. This got me thinking, how is it that these companys can go from healthy profit to losses in 12 months? I recon, and this is only my opinion, that the management have said “Its a really crap year, lets take a big bath”.

Big bath’s are taken when management recognise that fin budgets are not going to be achieved so they make sure they set up things for next year so they have a good year. This is often done with restructuring charges or some other abnormal charge or expense, lets call it a GFC charge.

There, I have put this in black and white. It will be interesting to see what Toyota’s results are next year – I say modest profit probably helped along by a reversal of some provisional charges made this year.

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A start of a jouney

I’m going to Italy next year – June to be precise for the Milan – Taranto rally. Its starts in Milan and ends in Taranto (funny enough). My father – Renato De’Pannone raced in 2008 and has left today for Italy to compete again in this years (2009). He is racing a Lambretta TV175 S3.

I finish Uni (BA. Comm. Major in Accounting and Business Law if anyone has a well paying job going) next year and thought it fitting to celebrate, the chance to go to Italy again and race was to good to pass up – so I didn’t.

This blog will mostly follow my prep and participation in what the purest call a “re-enactment” of the original race/s that took place in the 1950’s.

So, what am I riding I hear you all ask, I will be riding a MV Agusta 350 from the early 1970’s. It is a twin cylinder bike that is currently awaiting restoration. Its fairly clean but to be sure I will, over the next few months, be pulling it apart, rebuilding the engine, painting the frame and tank and other bits then putting it all back together in time for shipping to Italy for its big day, the start of the MI-TA. Ill get some photos posted soon of ow it looks.

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Hello all.

I enjoy technology and Linux, I run my own server so I created this so that I can keep anyone that’s interested up to speed on what I’m up to.

I’ll be making it pretty as I go so stay tuned.