I have many questions
Taoman:
Quote from: JCWilson34 on July 18, 2017, 02:19:29 pm
If it's solely based on geography, I'm in North Carolina and when tested, my cell number with the same area code as the landline shows as eligible for porting (which I do not want to do.)
Just enter your landline number at the URL listed below.
https://www.google.com/voice/porting?pli=1
You will get one of two results which are self-explanatory.
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Msg: Ooops! This number appears to be from an area we don't currently support.
For some area codes, Google Voice does not support porting, e.g. Hawaii (808), Alaska (907). If you get this result when you enter your land line number, you will not be able to port you number to Google Voice. It is of no use to complete the steps below.
Msg: Ooops! We currently don't support porting from your carrier. We apologize and are working on adding support for more carriers.
This is actually good news, because once your land line number is ported to a mobile service, it will be able to be ported to Google Voice. Please continue reading and follow the steps below to convert your land line number to a mobile number. Then you can port it to become your Google Voice number.
drgeoff:
Quote from: JCWilson34 on July 18, 2017, 01:33:15 pm
The good reason would be that my router is in a different location than where the OBi would need to be to plug into the panel. Why do you not recommend the WiFi adapter? Is it performance-based? Since the installation of the new router, I'm having little-to-no issues with wifi signal reliability and have experienced much better performance from most devices compared to the TWC hardware.
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(BTW it is not an antenna.)
Doesn't it send and receive the signal from the router through this adapter? I assumed that was its purpose, to connect to the router without an ethernet cable.
An ethernet cable pretty much guarantees 100% correct and timely data transfer (simultaneously) in both directions between OBi and router, even when any other devices in your home are also communicating with the router. A Wi-Fi connection does not. Objects in the path, either temporarily (eg people) or permanently (eg large metallic objects, walls), interfering sources (eg neighbours' Wi-Fi, your microwave oven) and Wi-Fi traffic to/from other devices in your home all have the potential to disrupt the transmissions between OBiWIFI and router. I am not saying those will be a showstopper and understand the attraction when an ethernet cable is not an easy or attractive option.
The OBiWIFI is a Wi-Fi adapter and contains much electronics in addition to an antenna.
JCWilson34:
Quote from: Taoman on July 18, 2017, 02:30:33 pm
Just enter your landline number at the URL listed below.
Yes, I tried that and unfortunately go the latter. I guess that means I may be screwed for getting this plan to work. I guess it's not so much the area code as it says, as it is the specific exchange. My cell number checks out on it, which has an exchange in the city, and my home number is local to the outlying area where I live (with the same area code.)
Quote from: drgeoff on July 18, 2017, 04:13:01 pm
An ethernet cable pretty much guarantees 100% correct and timely data transfer (simultaneously) in both directions between OBi and router, even when any other devices in your home are also communicating with the router. A Wi-Fi connection does not. Objects in the path, either temporarily (eg people) or permanently (eg large metallic objects, walls), interfering sources (eg neighbours' Wi-Fi, your microwave oven) and Wi-Fi traffic to/from other devices in your home all have the potential to disrupt the transmissions between OBiWIFI and router. I am not saying those will be a showstopper and understand the attraction when an ethernet cable is not an easy or attractive option.
The OBiWIFI is a Wi-Fi adapter and contains much electronics in addition to an antenna.
Thanks. If I understand you correctly, it's no more or less reliable in that sense as any WiFi connection. For my purpose, that's probably fine. I'm not running a business and I really am only looking to keep this number to avoid having to change-over a bunch of stuff, and I don't want to give my cell number out to anyone who could use it for nefarious purposes, telemarketing, political calls, etc.
Taoman:
Quote from: JCWilson34 on July 19, 2017, 11:18:24 am
Quote from: Taoman on July 18, 2017, 02:30:33 pm
Just enter your landline number at the URL listed below.
Yes, I tried that and unfortunately go the latter.
The "latter?" You mean the second message about "your carrier?" If you got the second message then that is good news. That means your landline number is portable to Google Voice. You just need to port it to a mobile carrier first.
lane024:
> I have on-order an OBi200 adapter and an OBiWiFi antenna from Amazon that should arrive this week.
My wireless router is on the other side of the house from my OBi202. The TP-Link N300 Wi-Fi Range Extender has worked perfectly for me. I just use the ethernet port on the bottom of the TP-Link range
extender and run a ethernet cable from it to the OBi202.
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