Setting Up New Obi202
OzarkEdge:
Quote from: SteveInWA on August 31, 2015, 03:10:31 pm
Quote from: OzarkEdge on August 31, 2015, 01:35:42 pm
The OBi202 defaults to being a router with WAN/Internet access to the web interface blocked.
o Set LAN Settings - Lan Settings::OperationMode = Bridge.
o Submit and reboot.
The OBi is now a 3-port switch.
o Connect the OBi Internet jack and your PC to your router; the OBi LAN jack is not used.
That's inaccurate.
Access to the local web server has nothing to do with configuring the device as a router or a bridge. The setting is controlled independently. From P. 41 of the Admin guide:
What I said is accurate. An OBi202 defaults to being a router with WAN/Internet access to the web interface blocked. Blocked meaning disabled.
The OP wants to use his OBi202 in place of his OBi110. Since an OBi110 is not a router, I told him how to disable router mode *and* gain access to the web interface.
There is no need to enable the OBi's WAN access setting to its web interface since it does not apply in bridge mode. And I would not recommend this even if the OBi202 remained in router mode. If the OP chooses to use his OBi202 as his edge router, WAN access to its web interface would remain blocked as by default... and he would learn to access the web interface from the LAN jack.
OE
drgeoff:
Quote from: SteveInWA on August 31, 2015, 03:10:31 pm
Quote from: OzarkEdge on August 31, 2015, 01:35:42 pm
The OBi202 defaults to being a router with WAN/Internet access to the web interface blocked.
o Set LAN Settings - Lan Settings::OperationMode = Bridge.
o Submit and reboot.
The OBi is now a 3-port switch.
o Connect the OBi Internet jack and your PC to your router; the OBi LAN jack is not used.
That's inaccurate.
What OE wrote is not inaccurate in any way. However it is also possible to get access to the web server in router mode by changing a setting as SteveInWA correctly describes.
Whether to operate a 202 in router or bridge mode is up to the user. I don't have a 202 myself but if I did my first thoughts would be to set it to bridge mode. That makes the two ethernet jacks 'equal'. Either one can be connected to the main router and the other I would use for some lower throughput device to recoup the ethernet jack on the main router surrendered to the 202.
SteveInWA:
Read the Admin guide. It's clear as day. The setting to enable WAN access is separate from it being in Router mode. OF course you'll be able to access the 202 in bridge mode, but your blanket statement is incorrect. From an anal compulsive standpoint, you can disable the router, but otherwise, it's just sitting there, doing nothing, as long as you aren't using the LAN port.
OzarkEdge:
Quote from: SteveInWA on August 31, 2015, 04:10:53 pm
From an anal compulsive standpoint, you can disable the router, but otherwise, it's just sitting there, doing nothing, as long as you aren't using the LAN port.
Have it your way.
Quote from: SteveInWA on August 31, 2015, 03:16:18 pm
The built-in router in the OBi is too limited in function and performance; I don't recommend using it.
Agreed. OP should know that the OBi202 throughput is 30Mbps max in router mode and 100Mbps in bridge mode. Disable router mode. Ignore the WAN setting for web access; it does not apply in bridge mode.
OE
MurrayB:
I did not mean to start an argument. There is only one Obi202 FAQ and this is it. I should have looked there first. Having set up a number of Obi110 I was shocked by not being able to access the device.
I will let it fry overnight and configure it tomorrow. Hopefully, I will have no issues. I will report my success or post another question.
Thanks again!
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