Have POTS routed thru OBI110 to a Different locations OBI
Creditcardjoint:
Hi,
I am looking for guidance as to which devices to buy, and how to set up the following.
I have POTS from Verizon coming to my home.
I want to have that service accessible at my work.
I want to buy the obi110 plug it in my home, to upload the POTS and then have another obi device at my work to connect to that POTS, which device should I get?
And how will I set up the link.
Thanks
azrobert:
Do you just want to receive inbound POTS calls at work or do you want to also place outbound POTS calls? There are several solutions you can use. All require configuration changes on your OBi device(s).
Solution 1
An OBi110 at home and an OBi200 at work. You can also use an OBi100 at work, but for about $10 more the OBi200 is a newer/better box. You would route calls over the OBiTalk network. Inbound and outbound calls will work. Make sure work doesn't have a firewall or some other security that would block VOIP traffic.
Solution 2
OBiHai provides a free softphone for Android and iPhone. You would only need and OBi110. Inbound and outbound calls on your smartphone will work. OBiHai has not updated these apps for a long time and a lot of people have problems with them. You won't know if OBiON will work until you try.
Solution 3
The CSipSimple Android softphone and the free Sip2Sip service. You would only need and OBi110. Inbound and outbound calls on your Android will work. This is a more complex setup.
Solution 4
Setup a free Google Voice on the OBi110. Route calls to any phone number. Inbound only. You won't see the original inbound callerid. You will see the GV callerid. You won't be able to call phone number and an extension.
Edit:
OBiHai provides a free network call OBiTalk. Each OBi device is assigned a unique 9 digit number (OBi Number). When you setup a device it is automatically connected to the OBiTalk network. You can easily communicate between 2 OBi devices using the 9 digit OBi number.
Creditcardjoint:
Quote from: azrobert on July 17, 2016, 07:28:12 pm
Do you just want to receive inbound POTS calls at work or do you want to also place outbound POTS calls? There are several solutions you can use. All require configuration changes on your OBi device(s).
Solution 1
An OBi110 at home and an OBi200 at work. You can also use an OBi100 at work, but for about $10 more the OBi200 is a newer/better box. You would route calls over the OBiTalk network. Inbound and outbound calls will work. Make sure work doesn't have a firewall or some other security that would block VOIP traffic.
Edit:
OBiHai provides a free network call OBiTalk. Each OBi device is assigned a unique 9 digit number (OBi Number). When you setup a device it is automatically connected to the OBiTalk network. You can easily communicate between 2 OBi devices using the 9 digit OBi number.
Thank you so much for your detailed and prompt response.
Solution #1 is exactly what I am looking to do.
I would like to receive and make outbound calls by my work using the POTS that will be plugged into the obi110 at my home.
Will I be able to send Faxes too? That is also very important.
Will I get CID at my work, also - will my outbound # show up as my POTS #?
One last thing, what do I do at my work obi to link it to my obi110 at home? (I am somewhat familiar with the obitalk interface, not a total newbie :))
Thanks again!
azrobert:
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Will I be able to send Faxes too?
I have an OBi110 and a POTS and when I tested FAX it was inconsistent. I ended up putting the fax directly on the POTS line. That was a very long time ago and I don't remember the percent of success. There have been several firmware upgrades since then, so I don't know if things have changed. In my case the fax was connected directly on the OBi110. You are adding more complexity by sending the fax over OBiTalk.
I've had very good luck sending/receiving faxes using Google Voice. I don't use a fax very often, but other people have also reported good luck. Get a free GV account and define it on the OBi200. You can setup distinctive ring, so the fax machine won't interfere with inbound calls from your POTS. You would have to dial a prefix to send a fax to GV. The OBi200 has features for fax that the OBi100 doesn't.
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Will I get CID at my work
You will see the inbound POTS CID and outbound will also have the POTS CID.
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what do I do at my work obi to link it to my obi110 at home?
You need to create an OBiTalk account then add your OBi110 and OBi200 to your account. Now you can communicate with any OBi device on the OBiTalk network by using the OBi number of the other device. Inbound calls you just route the call to the OBiTalk with the destination OBi number. To send an outbound call the format is OBi number, star and outbound number (290123456*18005551212). The OBi200 can be configured to automatically add the OBi number and star to an outbound number.
You can setup everything at home and when working you can take the OBi200 to work without any configuration changes.
Creditcardjoint:
Quote from: azrobert on July 18, 2016, 08:14:49 am
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Will I be able to send Faxes too?
I have an OBi110 and a POTS and when I tested FAX it was inconsistent. I ended up putting the fax directly on the POTS line. That was a very long time ago and I don't remember the percent of success. There have been several firmware upgrades since then, so I don't know if things have changed. In my case the fax was connected directly on the OBi110. You are adding more complexity by sending the fax over OBiTalk.
I've had very good luck sending/receiving faxes using Google Voice. I don't use a fax very often, but other people have also reported good luck. Get a free GV account and define it on the OBi200. You can setup distinctive ring, so the fax machine won't interfere with inbound calls from your POTS. You would have to dial a prefix to send a fax to GV. The OBi200 has features for fax that the OBi100 doesn't.
In regards to Fax, that is very important to me. People will be dialing my home POTS # to send me faxes, I want to be able to receive those faxes in my office. What would be the most stable way to get those faxes?
Thanks
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