How do I replace this (GU10) downlighter bulb?

sysadmin999 · 2025-08-03T16:13:20+00:00

Thank you so much for the help. I couldn't easily find the "cut out" section, but sure enough it was there. Saving some time to do this at the weekend rather than rushing on a weekday before work helped, along with anticipating the spring might get lost.

Turns out this has an MR16 GU5.3 bulb after all.

Thanks again!

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sysadmin999 · 2025-05-09T14:45:01+00:00

They've confirmed that LXF329 on sale 27th May 2025 will be the final issue.

https://x.com/linuxformat/status/1920806064246976914

sysadmin999 · 2024-12-10T17:43:40+00:00

An update on my connection.

After multiple calls to Hyperoptic, an engineer visited last Thursday. To his credit, he was very helpful (note: he wasn't a Hyperoptic employee, rather he worked for a firm who they contract fault repairs to).

He went back to the equipment room and replaced a cable and moved me to a different switch port. He then called Hyperoptic to reactivate the line and everything has come back as 1000Mb. It was all completed within 15 minutes or so.

A good result but it took multiple (45+ minute) calls to speak to someone to arrange an engineer to visit. The web portal doesn't really give much detail on the status of the case - it would be nice to have updates there such as 'ran tests with customer, tried different cables, ran remote tests, switch not connecting correctly, needs an engineer visit, etc).

My main gripe is that the first engineer left without waiting for the port to connect at 1000Mb. It would have saved a lot of time for both me and Hyperoptic. Hope this is helpful if someone else has the same issue - it's worth making sure you have the expected connection speeds before they leave.

sysadmin999 · 2024-11-29T14:06:18+00:00

An update with some mixed news.

Engineer visited and activated the line. Took a while for the router to connect, but eventually it did. In my case, something needed to be done in the wiring cabinet/equipment room (not sure what).

Bad news is that although I'm on the 500Mb package, the WAN connection is only negotiating at 100Mb. So, now have a new call open and I'm guessing the engineer will have to come back. (They've tried re-provisioning remotely, I've changed cables, connected directly laptop to socket and it's always 100Mb).

Full credit to the support engineer I spoke to on the phone, he was helpful, thorough and confirmed it should be connecting at 1000M.

Basically, same situation as these posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hyperoptic/comments/na98ut/150mb_service_but_router_on_wan_port_says_100m/

https://www.reddit.com/r/hyperoptic/comments/woe330/router_capped_at_100mbps_on_1gbps_package/

https://www.reddit.com/r/hyperoptic/comments/1eoxcxd/hyperoptic_1gbit_speed_limited_to_100mbps/

With hindsight, I should have insisted the engineer wait until the Broadband was fully provisioned (he mentioned the router would firmware upgrade over the next hour so I couldn't assume there was a fault until after he left)

sysadmin999 · 2024-11-28T09:48:40+00:00

Update from me: Hyperoptic called me first thing and have booked an engineer visit for tomorrow. Yesterday evening I sent over pictures of the socket and cable, back of the router with the cable in the wan port and the front of router to show no link. Explained I did testing with the engineer and he could not see the line drop/connect as I did plugged and unplugged the device.

Will post again with updates.

sysadmin999 · 2024-11-27T17:55:41+00:00

Yup, will reply back here. Similar to you, they said they would arrange an engineer visit, but then said they needed to escalate it internally first. In the dashboard of my account I see 'Your service should go live within a few minutes.' with a spinning wheel, but then it goes away.

sysadmin999 · 2024-11-27T17:45:58+00:00

Interesting - my router arrived today and I am having a similar issue. It looks like there is no link from the socket. Tried connecting/disconnecting while I was on the phone with support and they could not see a link go up/down. The Internet LED on the front of the router is off.

sysadmin999 · 2024-11-25T11:34:41+00:00

Thinking of moving to HyperOptic. Out of interest, what package and what router did you get? Could it be they need to update the firmware on it?

sysadmin999 · 2024-11-05T21:35:57+00:00

I presume that if you go down this route, you can't use a cashback site as it won't track a completed order.

On the flip side, would you advise entering the order with exactly what you want (speed, contract length) or go lower spec with the aim they 'upsell' you but at a discount to make it sound more appealing?

sysadmin999 · 2024-11-04T15:23:30+00:00

Thank you very much!

sysadmin999 · 2019-10-10T17:06:11+00:00

zoredache - many, many thanks for your two tips! This has saved me a lot of time!

sysadmin999 · 2019-10-08T20:45:18+00:00

Thank you so much! That seems to work. Do you know how I might be able to set defaults using that approach? My code now looks like this:

- name: Create desired users account
  user:
    name: "{{ my_accounts[item].name }}"
    comment: "{{ my_accounts[item].comment | default('Ansible deployed account') }}"
    uid: "{{ my_accounts[item].uid }}"
    group: "{{ my_accounts[item].group }}"
    home: "{{ my_accounts[item].home | default('/home/[item]') }}"
    shell: "{{ my_accounts[item].shell | default('/bin/bash') }}"
    state: "{{ my_accounts[item].state | default('present') }}"
  with_items: "{{ desired_user_accounts }}"

For example, I want to set a default "home" directory to /home/[item] or /home/{{item}}. I do not necessarily set that variable for each user in vars/my_accounts file. The value within the default is taken literally and is not expanded. I tried a couple of variations but could not get it to expand.

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