Help TechIlliterate set up Obi202 w/modem
NanD:
Ok, First I ordered another ATA, realized I'd not got one that would handle anything but a phone, sent it back. Ordered Obi202, which is supposed to allow my computer to be hooked up via the LAN plug at the same time as having a phone connection.
Per the Quick Start Guide:
I have the modem feeding into the Obi202 at the Internet plug.
I have the computer hooked to the LAN plug.
I have the phone hooked up where the phone goes.
The Obi power light continues to flash green. I can get a dialtone. (But I already have VOIP access via Time Warner Cable.) I do NOT have access to the internet through my computer. Hence, I can't set anything up. The little "Quick Start" guide is not helping here....
So I am back to the start - looking at the Obi202 and wondering what to do. I am running Windows 7 home edition and have a Time Warner provided Touchstone Telophony modem.
I really am not very computer literate, so if you have time to step me through this please don't leave anything out thinking I'll know what to do. I won't.
Would very much appreciate your help!
Nan
carl:
Your choice of Obi 202 is excellent but I would not use it as a router. Get a separate router ( which you connect to the modem) and connect the computer and Obi to it.
If you have Obi 202 with Google voice (and preferably also another provider you will not need VOIP from your cable company . that would be a waste of money.
NanD:
Hi. Thank you. I really cannot afford another router, that is why I got the Obi202 - it claimed it was possible to do so. Is this not true? If so I will return it and ask for my money back.
dircom:
you might look for a router on http://www.freecycle.org/
NanD:
Thank you. :)
In the meantime, if this device will not work as advertised, I need to return it and get something cheaper. If it WILL work as advertised, if someone can please walk me through the installation process (other than what I've described from the Quick Start Guide) I would very much appreciate it. :-\
Nan
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