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Title: Choosing and installing the right Obi Post by: gatorling on May 23, 2016, 06:52:04 pm I'm planning to buy an Obi but cannot place the Obi near the phone.
Is it possible and safe to connect the Obi to my router and then have a mail-mail phone cord connect the obi to my (inactive) landline network? Does it work this way? or do I always need to have the phone connected directly into the Obi? Thanks Title: Re: Choosing and installing the right Obi Post by: N7AS on May 23, 2016, 07:09:37 pm Yes, you can do it that way. Just be absolutely sure that your inside phone wiring is disconnected from the box outside your home.
Title: Re: Choosing and installing the right Obi Post by: dircom on May 24, 2016, 08:29:22 am you might use a regular telephone cord, instead of a mail-mail, fax-fax, or ;)
Reiterate: go to the network interface and disconnect the inside house wires, from the incoming telco line !! Title: Re: Choosing and installing the right Obi Post by: gatorling on May 24, 2016, 03:30:37 pm So I assume that if I connect a phone to my house network and I do not hear a dial-tone then I am good...but for good measure I should go to where my home network connects to the utility drop and disconnect those wires?
Thanks everyone! Title: Re: Choosing and installing the right Obi Post by: dircom on May 24, 2016, 04:14:24 pm So I assume that if I connect a phone to my house network and I do not hear a dial-tone then I am good...but for good measure I should go to where my home network connects to the utility drop and disconnect those wires? Thanks everyone! No, you are not good if you don't hear a dial tone, it could still be connected to the cable outside. Disconnect, Not for good measure, but to protect your in home network. |