plug in obi100 to a laptop's ethernet connection?
davea0511:
First of all, I know I'm probably going to be a laughing stock for asking this ... but hey, I'm probably never going to meet any of you in person, right? So who cares. So here's my question...
I want to be able to do 3-way calling with the obi100 when I'm at a wireless hotspot (it's actually in a reserved room in a library that I use regularly and while I have access to the internet I have no access to ethernet) ... and the only way I can figure out how to do that is if I can plug in obi100 to my laptop's ethernet connection and use the laptop's network device in kind of a backwards fashion. Can that be done? Seems like it should be possible since you can turn your wireless into a hotspot with the cable connected to the web, why not in reverse: wireless connected to the web and using the cable to access it via a unique address.
Would my laptop need to run it's own little DNS server and use it like a router for a private network within the hotspot which assigns an address to the obi100 making it visible to the outside world ... possible?
Stewart:
Assuming a Windows laptop, set up Internet Connection Sharing on the Wi-Fi interface, choosing the Ethernet interface as the home networking connection. Then, connect the OBi to the laptop's Ethernet port. You might need to use a crossover cable (if the Ethernet connection status shows "media cable disconnected", you do). If you have Wi-Fi at home, you can test this without going to the library.
However, why do you want to do all this? Wouldn't it be simpler to just plug a headset into your laptop and use a softphone?
davea0511:
I'll give it a shot. thanks!
>Wouldn't it be simpler to just plug a headset into your laptop and use a softphone?
I would if I could figure out how to do a 3-way call this way (not a conference call, but a 3-way where I can call the 3rd person). This is useful allowing me to patch in an expert when discussing a certain topic with a person. I can do it with the obi100, but haven't figured out how to do it with a softphone (am using google voice). Do you know how, if it is possible at all. In short it seems the 3-way capability is provided by the obihai interface.
lk96:
Quote from: davea0511 on January 18, 2012, 09:34:41 am
First of all, I know I'm probably going to be a laughing stock for asking this ... but hey, I'm probably never going to meet any of you in person, right? So who cares. So here's my question...
I want to be able to do 3-way calling with the obi100 when I'm at a wireless hotspot (it's actually in a reserved room in a library that I use regularly and while I have access to the internet I have no access to ethernet) ... and the only way I can figure out how to do that is if I can plug in obi100 to my laptop's ethernet connection and use the laptop's network device in kind of a backwards fashion. Can that be done? Seems like it should be possible since you can turn your wireless into a hotspot with the cable connected to the web, why not in reverse: wireless connected to the web and using the cable to access it via a unique address.
Would my laptop need to run it's own little DNS server and use it like a router for a private network within the hotspot which assigns an address to the obi100 making it visible to the outside world ... possible?
I have used devices like:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10521&cs_id=1052102&p_id=8069&seq=1&format=2 ($24)
http://zonetusa.net/index.php/product/wireless-n/802-11n-portable-ap-router.html (about $40)
to accomplish what you describe. The above devices support many modes. One of them
is to act as a wireless interface and to give you on the other side an ethernet connection
where the Obi can be connected.
These devices also implement NAT/FIrewall functionality. So you should keep
an eye on that in case you face connectivity or NAT traversal issues.
L.
Judgeless:
This is another option.
http://www.iogear.com/product/GWU627/
You can plug the OBI110 box into this and make calls whenever you are near a hot spot. It gets power off USB. This can be from your laptop or a AC to USB adapter.
I have used the hot spot feature in my cell phone to connect to the IOGear box connected to my OBI110 to make calls.
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