Favorite OBi Tricks
jimates:
sounds like you need more than just 2 services. I guess the 202 is what you need.
tavie888:
Hello,
Can a voice gateway be set up, such that 2 or more service providers can be accomodated?
I am talking about SP1=gv, sp2= VOIP.MS, sp3=callcentrics
giqcass:
Almost no one I know uses Skype anymore but I do have that one friend. He uses it on rare occasions when he is out of town. I'm trying to sell him on the whole OBI idea because I love mine. Until he does I have a great solution for calling him completely free from my OBI. I already have a free sipgate one account. I was able to add him as a local extension. When I pick up my phone I can just dial 5555 and it will ring his Skype account. For some reason it takes a few extra seconds before it starts ringing but I believe the lag time is my OBI is waiting for a few more digits. If so I think I can fix that by adjusting the dial plan. Other then that the whole setup works flawlessly.
giqcass:
With the new test firmware we can receive an SMS notification on our home phone using the OBi202. This means Google can kind of send us a wake up call by sending us an SMS reminder. It only gives you one ring though. I guess I'll see if it wakes me up tomorrow.
I've been using this as a backup wake up scheduling reminder. Seems reliable as long as you have internet and power.
giqcass:
I just spent the last couple hours setting up an OBi "travel package".
I installed DDR-WRT on an old no longer used wireless router. It now grabs any wifi signal it can then bridge the connection to my OBi. The setup can now be taken anywhere and it will connect my OBi to any open wifi source to allow calls.
I don't necessarily recommend using this with your primary Google Voice account as it is not secured but I plan to tinker with it a little more and see if I can secure it with VPN.
Someone asked if you could use a Wireless router to bridge the connection and make calls. So far call quality has been very good in my testing.
The main advantages of this setup over the OBi202 with wifi adapter:
Plug it in and it automatically finds an open network. No PC required.VPN functionality possibleFull featured router.
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