Cannot Add Device

[TheMightyQuinn]

I just got a Obi110 and am doing the initial setup.  I am plugging the obi into the ethernet cable from my cable modem, since I do not have a router yet, but it times out trying to add the device.  I check the basic network status and it tells me my ip is not available. 

Does this mean that the obi requires a router to function or is something else wrong?

[RonR]

The OBi should work connected directly to a cable modem.  Did you power-cycle the cable modem after making the connection?

[TheMightyQuinn]

restarting the modem gave me an ip address, but adding the device still fails.  Any other suggestions?  Thanks!

[TheMightyQuinn]

Advanced network settings tells me that my dns server is not available and dialing  **9222222222 tells me there is no service available. 

[RonR]

I don't use the OBiTALK Web Portal, so I can't be a whole lot of help there.  I prefer to configure the OBi locally so I'm not dependent on anything else.

[RonR]

If DHCP though the cable modem is getting an IP address, it should also be getting a DNS server address via DHCP.  You could always manually configure one such as 4.2.2.1.

[TheMightyQuinn]

Thanks Ron!  Since I now have the ip address, i logged into the obi device on my laptop, and manually set the dns server and now I can add the device.  Thanks so much!