Stuck installing the OBI in an office network
Shale:
Don't tell the OBi what IP to use unless you get coordinated by the system admininstrators. Instead go with the default of having DHCP ask the router what IP to use. If you turned off DHCP in the OBi, turn that back on.
Don't have your add-on router provide the answer to the DHCP request; turn that off in the router. Instead let the company's router pass out the IP address.
If you were ordering a part, instead of ordering a router, a simple unmanaged switch would be the box of choice. However the router will probably work after you get the OBi doing the DHCP request but your add-on router not responding on its own.
LeoKing:
Yep, try what Rick suggested that is to disable the DHCP server on the router to run it as an AP. A 10/100 switch or a Gigabit switch would be a better choice than a router for her office setup.
Edit: Newegg.com has some good switches at great prices.
Veronica:
Thank you all i think ill try with a switch as i have done everything possible with the cheap old no antenna router i got plus i dont know how to do this: Quote
Don't have your add-on router provide the answer to the DHCP request; turn that off in the router.
and if the router i got has it.
Will i have to do something to the switch or by just plug it in all the cables should work. Sometimes pressing the reset button trick makes everything work out of the box lol i learned that one twice.
- V
LeoKing:
I used to travel with 1 of my OBi110's, a cordless phone to connect to the OBi110 and a switch to plug into the Internet port in my hotel room. I plugged both the OBi110 and my laptop to the switch and the switch to the Internet port on the wall and I didn't need to worry about IP's and such.
Rick:
Quote from: Veronica on June 09, 2013, 12:09:42 pm
Thank you all i think ill try with a switch as i have done everything possible with the cheap old no antenna router i got plus i dont know how to do this: Quote
Don't have your add-on router provide the answer to the DHCP request; turn that off in the router.
and if the router i got has it.
Will i have to do something to the switch or by just plug it in all the cables should work. Sometimes pressing the reset button trick makes everything work out of the box lol i learned that one twice.
- V
You don't need to buy anything. Download the router's manual and read how to disable DHCP.
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