obi202 - release date? will it support two separate voip lines?
jimates:
I agree the router feature will be useful for many people. I specifically thought about single computer households that do not currently have a router, as mentioned by MichiganTelephone.
And the same would be true if the device had a line port. I think Obihai should have built on their original Obi110 that has a line port. There are many businesses that could migrate the bulk of their phone service to voip, but wish to maintain one land line.
Without the line port you cannot daisy chain multiple devices.
carl:
Quote from: MichiganTelephone on March 16, 2012, 01:05:06 pm
Regarding the router functionality, I don't see it as a "gimmick" as much as a convenience, mainly for two classes of users:
1. Where the user has a Cable or DSL modem and plugs their computer directly into it, but currently has no router. So this way, they are not forced to go buy a router. Plus, they get a firewall (if they enable it).
In our area, the ISP choice is between cable( expensive) and ATT . ATT provides proprietary gateways for their U verse service and gateways for the old DSL for those who still have it.(Not that I am happy about their damned 2-wires with no manuals and no customer support) )
So unfortunately, the router function is fully useless for most of us here.
dhobi:
The advantage of using the built-in OBI router is that you know VOIP will work. I've read of many problems with crappy routers that are trying to be smart about SIP ALG and do more harm than good or just plain don't work well with UDP packet routing without explicit forwarding rules.
Rick:
If people were connecting directly to the internet without a router, thus not having a firewall, and so no problem with that, does anyone think that a) they'll have a clue about how to configure the router in the 202 or b) they'll enable the firewall?
My mid 70 year old mother wouldn't know a firewall from a fire engine... :D
MichiganTelephone:
Quote from: Rick on March 19, 2012, 09:03:37 am
If people were connecting directly to the internet without a router, thus not having a firewall, and so no problem with that, does anyone think that a) they'll have a clue about how to configure the router in the 202 or b) they'll enable the firewall?
My mid 70 year old mother wouldn't know a firewall from a fire engine... :D
So, what's your point? If someone's not using a firewall now, and they connect their computer to the OBi202 and fail to enable the firewall, they are no worse off than they are now, right? And SOMEBODY has to configure the OBi202 for the service providers, and hopefully they will know how to check a box if they want the firewall enabled, right?
Sounds to me like you're the tech support for your mother, and you'd know how to enable the firewall, so I'm not seeing the problem here!
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