With this new development, I need some advice regarding an OBI-100. I am fairly tech-savvy but am very challenged when it relates to this type of technology. My son and I each have our own OBI-100 and talked successfully last year to one another using the **9XXXXXXXXX direct dial method. However, my son lived off-campus last year in an apartment with his own router. He is now moving back on campus. The university supplies a wireless network as well as direct Ethernet connection in his dorm room. How can we make the OBI-100 work in this environment? The university policy is listed below in case this helps. Thank you for help in this matter.
"Registration is required for nearly every device attached directly to OIT Ethernet Service or OIT Wireless service, or attached via any mechanism that bridges to OIT Ethernet service:
Devices attached to the campus network via OIT Ethernet Service or OIT Wireless service must be registered in the Host Database.
Devices attached to the campus network via private Ethernet or private Wireless services that are bridged to OIT Ethernet Service must be registered in the Host Database.
Devices that should not be registered in the Host Database include:
Devices that connect to the campus network solely via a VPN service should not be registered.
Clients of Temporary Visitor Wireless Network Access (TVWNA) do not register in the Host Database.
Clients of Visitor IP (VIP) Service do not register in the Host Database.
Devices attached to OIT VoIP Ethernet Service should not be registered in the Host Database. These devices are normally Voice over IP telephones. The only exception is that devices attached to the voip-servernet subnet (a small network containing the VoIP servers managed by OIT) should be registered in the Host Database.
Computers are not the only type of device that must be registered in the Host Database. Any network-attached device that meets the requirements above must be registered, regardless of whether it is a computer, printer, Wireless Access Point, NAT (Network Address Translator, aka "NAT Router"), bridge, switch, router, IP phone, game console, DVR, music player, etc. What matters is that the device is attached to the campus network and meets the requirements above, not that the device is a particular kind of device.
Assuming your device speaks IP (most do), an IP address is also assigned as part of the registration process. Your device must be registered in the Host Database before you can configure the IP software on your device.
Host registration should normally be performed by the person responsible for the device, or the person responsible for attaching it to the network. In some cases, OIT staff perform the initial host registration on your behalf. See Who Needs to Register a Device in the Host Database? Once the device is registered, the Technical Contacts specified in the registration are responsible for keeping the Host Database entry current, updating it as necessary."