Proper settings when using the 202 in bridge mode before router?
Studly:
My Obi202 has for the most part been working well for years in front of my Asus TM-AC1900 router. However, I just got faster internet speed and don't want my Obi throttling my connection down to 30meg, so I tried doing the following, and nothing has worked (all of the following options keep giving me problems either receiving or placing calls using my providers: GV, CallCentric and VoipMS):
1) Put it in bridge mode and kept it in front of the router. Connected my modem to the Obi's Internet port and the downstream router to the Obi's LAN port.
2) Put if in bridge mode and put it after my router. Connected the router to my Obi's Internet port.
3) Put it back in router mode and moved it after my router. Connected the router to my Obi's Internet port.
Is there anything else I can do to get one of these options to work? Since it was working well in front of the router when the Obi was in router mode, if I try that option again, are there any other settings I should change?
Thanks much for any advice you may have.
drgeoff:
The OBi200 is relatively slow. For most people it no longer makes sense to have all one's WAN or LAN traffic going through it.
Connect the WAN port of your router to your new modem. Connect the WAN port of your 202 to a LAN port of the router. Connect all other devices to the router. If you had set a static IP address on the 202 you probably need to change it to match the router's subnet or change to DHCP.
If you need to log in to the 202's web GUI do any one of the following:
1. Operate the 202 in bridge mode.
2. Operate the 202 in router mode but temporarily connect a PC to its LAN port when required.
3. Operate the 202 in router mode and enable web GUI access from its WAN port.
GPz1100:
More details for option 3 (my preferred method).
https://www.obitalk.com/info/faq/OBi202-sec/Howto-Access-Web-from-WAN
Configure your router to assign a specific ip via dhcp. This ensures the obi device will always be at the same ip address.
https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1000906/
Also, depending how adventurous you feel, there are ways of converting the tm-ac1900 to the regular rt-ac68u. Proceed at your own risk. http://www.bayareatechpros.com/ac1900-to-ac68u/ . Note, I've done several of these already (at $48 on amazon it's hard to pass up) and they all work as expected. When doing the CFE patch, select all at the bottom right corner to enable additional DFS channels (for 5ghz).
Studly:
Thanks for the tips everyone. Yes, my router is T Mobile's version of a regular Asus modem and I believe it's preconfigured for T Mobile's wifi calling or something (I just bought it because it was a good deal ... I don't use Tmobile). Could that be interfering with my Obi? If so, maybe I should reset it to the regular Asus version of the modem, as you suggest. Good to know you've successfully done it.
Regarding option 3: Operate the 202 in router mode and enable web GUI access from its WAN port.
Are you saying I should connect it after my router using the Obi's LAN connection? Or do I still use the WAN port to connect it downstream from my router?
GPz1100:
Connect modem to asus router's wan port. Connect obi's wan port to one of the asus lan ports.
Obi's wan<>lan is garbage. It might of been useful a decade ago, but today's speeds exceed what it's wan<>lan is capable of. Do not use the obi's lan port. Put a piece of tape over it and forget it even exists.
Execute the sequence in the obi tutorial link if you wish to configure the obi via its web interface. You'll still need to use the portal to provision a google voice profile, so access to the obi's local ui is not likely needed. However is useful if for nothing else to observe status screens.
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