ObiWiFi5G to enable cell phone's Wi-Fi to answer/make calls?
TimDan:
Could I use an ObiWiFi5G dongle attached to an Obi302 adapter to answer/make calls using my cell phone's WiFi? I have the Obi302 ahead of my WiFi router to use PhonePower's VoIP. My cell phone has WiFi for Internet access.
Would the cell phone need an app to do that? If so, what app(s)?
Thanks for any info.
TimDan
SteveInWA:
Hi:
No, the OBiWiFi5G dongle is only used to connect the OBi device itself to your LAN, as a substitute for using an Ethernet cable. Think of the OBi like a laptop which has both WiFi and Ethernet; you can use one or the other to access the internet.
The thing you want is the OBiBT (Bluetooth) dongle. You then pair your mobile phone to the OBiBT, and your mobile phone then acts like another service provider for the OBi. You can make and receive calls on your analog telephone, plugged into the OBi, using the mobile phone as you would if you were using PhonePower.
Are you sure you have an OBi 302, not a 202? Did you get it from PhonePower? If it's a 302 from them, you should contact them and ask if the configuration of the 302 is locked down, or if you can access its settings to add the Bluetooth dongle.
drgeoff:
@TimDan
It is not clear to me what you are asking.
If you want to make and answer PhonePower calls using your cellphone, there is an Android app for that which works over Wi-Fi or cellular data. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonepower.softphone.android. Maybe there is one for iOS. No OBi required.
Or if Obion works on your cellphone you can give that the softphone number provided gratis on your Obitalk portal accountl. That softphone can then be linked to your 302 to make and receive calls on the PhonePower account configured on the 302. No OBiWIFI required but this approach is contingent on the 302 not being locked down as SteveInWA alluded to.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: drgeoff on June 18, 2017, 02:51:32 pm
@TimDan
It is not clear to me what you are asking.
If you want to make and answer PhonePower calls using your cellphone, there is an Android app for that which works over Wi-Fi or cellular data. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonepower.softphone.android. Maybe there is one for iOS. No OBi required.
Or if Obion works on your cellphone you can give that the softphone number provided gratis on your Obitalk portal accountl. That softphone can then be linked to your 302 to make and receive calls on the PhonePower account configured on the 302. No OBiWIFI required but this approach is contingent on the 302 not being locked down as SteveInWA alluded to.
It was clear to me; that's why I answered his question correctly.
drgeoff:
Quote from: SteveInWA on June 18, 2017, 03:02:06 pm
Quote from: drgeoff on June 18, 2017, 02:51:32 pm
@TimDan
It is not clear to me what you are asking.
If you want to make and answer PhonePower calls using your cellphone, there is an Android app for that which works over Wi-Fi or cellular data. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonepower.softphone.android. Maybe there is one for iOS. No OBi required.
Or if Obion works on your cellphone you can give that the softphone number provided gratis on your Obitalk portal accountl. That softphone can then be linked to your 302 to make and receive calls on the PhonePower account configured on the 302. No OBiWIFI required but this approach is contingent on the 302 not being locked down as SteveInWA alluded to.
It was clear to me; that's why I answered his question correctly.
That you answered his question correctly may be irrelevant to him if the specific wording of his question did not accurately reflect what he really wants to achieve.
Nothing either of us has written is incorrect. Neither of us has a monopoly on offering info or advice. As long as he does not receive conflicting info, he can choose whichever best meets his needs and ignore anything which is not useful.
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