How To: Use Google Voice and OBi
leck:
I got an email this morning saying that my Google Voice number port was complete (Verizon landline -->Tmobile-->GV).
I haven't yet added it to the Obi, want to test it on PC first:
Can call out using Google Chat and caller ID at other end displays the correct number
Can't call out using Google Voice (says "phone to call with: Google Talk") - should I be able to make an outgoing call from PC?
Incoming calls go to voicemail. Oh, I see if I set forwarding to Google Chat the call goes there. Should I be able to see it in Google Voice if I disable Google Chat?
I find Google Chat vs Google Voice confusing. Before this I thought they were two names for the same thing.
Koby:
I posted this in another thread a few days ago but it occurs to me that it probably should go in this one as well. Note this issue started when Google made Hangouts the default for new Gmail accounts in late May.
I had occasion to help set up a NEW Google Voice account and noticed that Google Talk was not available as a destination by default, so I did the usual trick of switching over to Gmail to place one call from the web interface. But because it was a new account, it started out with Hangouts enabled and not Google Voice, and no phone icon was shown! However there is a dropdown menu in the lower part of the left hand column, which in this case was slow to appear (Google was having some server issues), but once it showed up I could go into that menu and there was an option to revert back to using Google Talk. Once I did that, the page refreshed and the phone icon appeared, and then I could make the one call from the browser that sets up Google Talk as a destination in Google Voice.
Shale:
Quote from: Rick on January 29, 2012, 08:54:11 am
I would also strongly recommend setting up a separate GV account (which requires a separate GMail account) for your OBi. I did that, I wanted to be able to keep things separate, and not give my Google password to the OBi device, which then gives access to all my Google stuff.
It would be good if jimates were to modify the second post on this sticky thread to make that suggestion early in the thread. Otherwise there can be problematic interactions such as described in http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6195.msg39697 when you are trying to use the same Google account for everything.
yudengaz:
Need help to set up the device. I Just bought Obi100. Had a problem adding the device to OBi talk. Internet connection is good. Power is on. Dialed **9222222222 was told IP not available. FAQ00. Read the trouble shooting guide. seems that I have to reconfigure my Linksys router to move the device to DMZ. I lost my password to Linksys web based router admin login. Need to reset the router altogether. Can anyone help me understand if the firewall on the router is the real issue before I reset the router and redo entire config altogether..Thank you!! Eugene
Rick:
Plug the OBi directly into the internet, bypassing the router. If that works, you have to change router settings of some type. If not, it's not a router issue.
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