Obi 100 - failing to add a device (problem with Netis Router)

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jak3676:
New Obi & Google Voice user here (but a long-time network engineer)

Error message I'm getting is "Failed to connect to your device. Please check your device's internet connection:"  

I've checked multiple times - tried swapping ethernet cables and ethernet ports without any luck.  When I do the **9-222-222-222  check, I get an echo back just fine, but when I do the **5 #### it just times out.  

If it helps, my power light is solid green, the network light blinks very briefly every few seconds, the phone icon flashes steadily when I pick up the reciever.  Seems like a connection issue between my Obi 100 and the internet - just not sure where the problem is.

I checked both my home router (Netis WF-2404D) and my DSL modem (Westel 6100G) and I've turned off both devices firewalls and port filters.  

Maybe my ISP is filtering my traffic?  Not sure what else I can try.  Thoughts?

QBZappy:
jak3676,

Take the OBi to your office or a friend's house to do the **5 thingy. This is done only one time to introduce the ATA to the OBiTALK servers. Once you set it up you will hopefully never need to do it again.

giqcass:
You could try opening the suggested ports or put your OBI in DMZ.
http://www.obihai.com/FAQ.html#ports-to-keep-open-on-my-router

Re read you post.  That is a curious problem.  Can you manually add your OBi to the portal?
I personally decided to set mine up locally and I don't use OBI talk service.  You might also try connecting your OBI directly to your router to perform the registration then try putting everything back to it's normal config.

jak3676:
"Take the OBi to your office or a friend's house"  - I'll give that a try.  May take a few days, everyone is on break this week. 

"Can you manually add your OBi to the portal?"  How do you do that?  I didn't see that in any of the FAQ's.

While I'm thinking about it - I'll try plugging in the Obi directly to the modem and try swapping my new Netis router back to my old Cisco one.  This is where I wish I still had a dumb hub lying around to watch the traffic on wireshark. 

QBZappy:
jak3676,

A computer with 2 nics will give same results as a hub, using wireshark.

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