Failed to add device
RonR:
Quote from: QBZappy on May 17, 2011, 09:33:11 pm
If you prefer, you can also set up ip using the phone attached to the OBi.
QBZappy,
With DHCP not working and without an IP address, using the telephone connected to the PHONE Port is Thanh's only possible path to setting a static IP address. Your first suggestion requires an IP address, so you have a chicken-and-egg problem.
There should be no reason for DHCP not working. Setting a static IP address without finding the cause, even if it works, is just masking the problem.
Thanh:
Thanks RonR. That's exactly the point. DHCP is there to make our lives easier.
So statically assign an IP address to the device is only masking the problem
Let me try on different LAN as you suggested first. Probably go to my brother's house and try it out.
QBZappy:
RonR, yes chicken or egg. Better to resolve the router issue.
Thanh:
So I tried out the Obihai at my brother house. It got an IP address which indicates the unit is not bad.
Took it home, try it again on my router --> still have the same problem
***1 said "Basic Network - IP address is not available, DHCP is enabled"
Reset my Airlink101, AR680W, wireless N router to default factory --> still have the same problem with Obihai
By default DHCP is enabled.
I can get an IP addresses via DHCP on my MAC and PC no problem, so that tells me the DHCP server is working properly.
At this point, I don't know what else I have to do. I hate to swap out the router since it is still working fine for my labtops. My brother router is a D-link router.
Do you know if there is any incompatibility issue between Obihai and Airlink101 router ?
Thanks
Thanh
QBZappy:
Thanh,
I mentioned this before, and I understand that it may not be ideal, but you can still try setting up the OBi using the phone method. It's not even certain that it will work. This would be your Plan B. Pick an IP outside the router DHCP range. I have read on the forum several people using a static IP with the OBi. If it works, you will not need to swap routers and you can start enjoying the OBi within the next 10 minutes. Your other choices seem clear enough, change router, return the unit, or spend more time trying to figure out the router issue. Let us know what you decide. Good luck.
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