Obi202 setup dead end
robi:
I'm out of ideas. My Obi202 connects to my router, has solid green power and network led on. Has an IP address and shows up on my Dashboard when I dial the **5xxxx number. But is shows up as offline. I can't dial out even to **9 222 222 222. I've added the IP address to DMZ on my Cisco DPC3825 router, and tried numerous factory resets but results are the same. Not able to ping OBi's IP address from PC.
robi:
Figured it out. You must disable the firewall on the router COMPLETELY for the OBi to connect. Firmware update and configuration with Google Voice as SP1 was successful. Able to dial out and in. Returned firewall to normal state and able to dial out only even with phones IP address in the DMZ queue.....Puzzling.
drgeoff:
If you cannot ping the OBi's IP address you are doing something wrong and it is very unlikely that the blame can be justifiably laid at Obihai's door.
Are you using the 202 in its default router mode or have you switched it to bridge mode? How is everything connected?
I have never yet encounteted a home router running stock firmware that can implement any sort of firewall, filtering or blocking between its wired LAN ports.
robi:
I can now ping the OBI's IP address and I can get to the admin screens via browser. Router configurations show all defaults checked including LAN settings router mode (router). OBI Still shows offline, firmware update needed. Dialed *** selected option 6 attendant says no update available.
I'm connected directly to the router within my Cisco DCP3825 DOCSIS 3.0 gateway. The rest of my home network is connected to this gateway through a CISCO Gigabit switch.
drgeoff:
My guess is that you have the OBi's LAN port connected to the rest of your home network. That will NOT work if the OBi is in router mode.
Either:
1. Put the OBi into bridge mode. Both of its ethernet sockets are then on the same subnet and either can be connected to the rest of your home network.
or
2. Keep the OBi in router mode and connect its WAN ethernet socket to the rest of your network. To access the OBi GUI you must either connect a computer to the OBi LAN port or you need to enable access from the WAN. System Management/Device Admin/Web Server/AccessFromWAN.
or
3. Keep the OBi in router mode. Connect its WAN port to your Cisco gateway. Connect EVERYTHING else to the gigabit switch and thence to the OBi's LAN port.
I recommend #1. I strongly advise against #3 as the OBi can only sustain about 30 Mbit/s throughput and you will likely be introducing a double NAT which only complicates matters especially if you ever want to do port forwarding.
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