Do you really have to forward ports in your router for the OBi100 to work?
abcd:
What does this mean for me? What do I need to do?
Shale:
Quote from: abcd on March 26, 2013, 03:33:40 pm
What does this mean for me? What do I need to do?
1. You do not need to worry about port forwarding etc. I didn't either, because it just worked. Sometimes it doesn't work, and that is often (but not always) because the user already made some non-default settings to his router.
2. LAN stands for Local Area Network (the side of the router that your OBi and computer hook to). WAN stands for Wide Area Network -- the Internet.
3. Separating the "What do I need to do?" from the context, let me say you should be proactive in preventing SIP scanners, even though you have not yet had a problem. I suggest you see http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=5467.0
Please comment on any unusually confusing parts. Unfortunately the solution will need some use of the OBiTalk expert mode until these get done by default during setup. I don't want to scare you. Nothing bad is going to happen if you ignore this besides some bogus rings with bogus caller ID values.
Mango:
Quote from: abcd on March 26, 2013, 02:31:43 pm
http://www.obihai.com/FAQ.html#ports-to-keep-open-on-my-router
That doesn't say you need to forward ports. That says you need to allow outgoing traffic on certain ports and allow incoming traffic on UDP 1000. Almost all consumer routers will already be configured this way.
As for forwarding ports, it depends on your router. If you use a VoIP service provider like OBiTALK, Anveo, VoIP.ms, Callcentric, etc, most routers will correctly route inbound traffic from those services to your ATA. However there is the occasional router that is not VoIP-friendly, so port forwarding is required. If you didn't require port forwarding before, and you haven't changed your router, your problem is probably caused by something other than port forwarding.
What symptoms are you having?
Rick:
Quote from: abcd on March 26, 2013, 02:31:43 pm
I just recently read in the FAQ that you need to forward ports in your router. Is that true? If so, why did it work before with no problems?
Can you provide a link to where you read that you need to forward ports on your router? I'd like to read that.
I've been using the OBi 110 for 15 months and I have no ports forwarded.
http://www.obihai.com/FAQ.html#ports-to-keep-open-on-my-router
As someone else pointed out, that does not say you NEED To forward ports. People misread things and make statements that then get others trying to fix what isn't broken.
The reality is that if you're using a factory configured router without any changes, you likely have to change nothing. Changes need to be made if, and only if, you're not having success using the device.
abcd:
Quote from: Mango on March 26, 2013, 05:51:27 pm
Quote from: abcd on March 26, 2013, 02:31:43 pm
http://www.obihai.com/FAQ.html#ports-to-keep-open-on-my-router
That doesn't say you need to forward ports. That says you need to allow outgoing traffic on certain ports and allow incoming traffic on UDP 1000. Almost all consumer routers will already be configured this way.
As for forwarding ports, it depends on your router. If you use a VoIP service provider like OBiTALK, Anveo, VoIP.ms, Callcentric, etc, most routers will correctly route inbound traffic from those services to your ATA. However there is the occasional router that is not VoIP-friendly, so port forwarding is required. If you didn't require port forwarding before, and you haven't changed your router, your problem is probably caused by something other than port forwarding.
What symptoms are you having?
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=5506.0
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