How to configure the LAN port
dvddavid:
Curious on what configuration is available? Right now if I connect my Hue light bridge to the LAN port my Hue bridge can access Internet but is not seen on my local network. It defaults to an IP of 192.168.10.100. Where is this assigned? I'm assuming the Obi is DHCP.
drgeoff:
Quote from: dvddavid on July 26, 2018, 10:16:15 am
Curious on what configuration is available? Right now if I connect my Hue light bridge to the LAN port my Hue bridge can access Internet but is not seen on my local network. It defaults to an IP of 192.168.10.100. Where is this assigned? I'm assuming the Obi is DHCP.
Like most equipment, OBis can be configured to request an IP address, DNS address and gateway address from a DHCP server. Or those parameters can be configured manually, ie static IP. DHCP is the default.
The DHCP/static choice is not available in the "basic" section of the Obitalk portal. It is available through Expert Mode on the portal or through the device's on-board web-server configuration interface.
Normally there is no reason to change from the default DHCP.
dvddavid:
Thanks for the reply.
I was looking at the router config settings in expert settings. Do you know perhaps what settings I would need to change to have that port appear on my local network, like if it was an extender?
drgeoff:
Quote from: dvddavid on July 26, 2018, 12:02:15 pm
Thanks for the reply.
I was looking at the router config settings in expert settings. Do you know perhaps what settings I would need to change to have that port appear on my local network, like if it was an extender?
Not sure what you are asking.
The OBi202 contains a router, so I assume that is what you are referring to. By default its two ethernet ports are on different subnets, the one marked INTERNET using DHCP to get its parameters (probably from your router) and the other (marked LAN) having a 192.168.10.1 address and acting as a DHCP server. It is possible to turn off the router function so that the OBi202 is operating in bridge mode. That is covered in the Admin Guide.
Another option is not to use the LAN port at all. Just connect the INTERNET port to your router like you do for your computer(s) etc. By default the onboard management interface is not available from the INTERNET port but again there is an option to enable that.
What's behind your question? What problem do you have or what are you wanting to achieve?
dvddavid:
Quote from: drgeoff on July 26, 2018, 01:28:11 pm
Quote from: dvddavid on July 26, 2018, 12:02:15 pm
Thanks for the reply.
I was looking at the router config settings in expert settings. Do you know perhaps what settings I would need to change to have that port appear on my local network, like if it was an extender?
Not sure what you are asking.
The OBi202 contains a router, so I assume that is what you are referring to. By default its two ethernet ports are on different subnets, the one marked INTERNET using DHCP to get its parameters (probably from your router) and the other (marked LAN) having a 192.168.10.1 address and acting as a DHCP server. It is possible to turn off the router function so that the OBi202 is operating in bridge mode. That is covered in the Admin Guide.
Another option is not to use the LAN port at all. Just connect the INTERNET port to your router like you do for your computer(s) etc. By default the onboard management interface is not available from the INTERNET port but again there is an option to enable that.
What's behind your question? What problem do you have or what are you wanting to achieve?
Thanks for being patient and replying back again. I'm sure I wasn't being clear.
I have my Obi device over in a corner of my house by my phones main base unit. Was where the old POTS line outlet was. I only have a single ethernet port in that area and it was being used by my Philips Hue light bridge. Since the Obi device has a LAN ethernet port I was hoping to use that port to use to connect my Hue hub. Save me having to put a switch there to have 2 ethernet ports.
Now it works only halfway, as my Hue bridge can access the internet, but cannot be seen on my local network. My home network is 192.168.1.x. I'd love to have that LAN port also be available to my home network, ie on the 192.168.1.xx network.
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