OBi110 on University LAN

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MySpoonsTooBig:
Quote from: danman on September 12, 2014, 10:12:02 am

He said they do not allow routers so I guess I would try connecting the OBI-100 to the dorm room wall ethernet port and give it a try after registering it.

Yes, I would not expect them to support routers, but a switch should work fine. I switch is cheap and fairly dumb. Think of it like a "splitter". A router does all sorts of stuff to the Ethernet traffic.

danman:
But otherwise the OBI-100 plugs straight into wall Ethernet port.  If that doesn't work, plug a switch into the USB port of his computer and then connect the computer to the wall Ethernet port and the OBI-100 into the switch.  Or do I need a router connected to his computer?  Thanks.

danman:
So I would connect the OBI-100 directly to the wall Ethernet port after registering it with the university.  If that does not work, I would connect a wired router, splitter, or wireless router to my son's laptop and then clone the MAC address after connecting the OBI-100 and see if that works.  Is that correct?  Thanks

gderf:
If the OBi, when directly connected to the wall ethernet port, doesn't work, it's because of some underlying network problem, port filtering, etc. Changing the way it's connected isn't going to fix that.

azrobert:
If it doesn't work with a direct connection, try defining a bridge on the laptop and connect OBi directly to the ethernet port on the laptop.

See: http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6164.0

Edit:

I agree with gderf.

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