USING A SPLITTER TO CONNECT THE OBI 100 ?
freedave:
Thank you very much, drgeoff and azrobert.
He has agreed to let me use the last port on his switch.
So we will connect another ethernet cable from the Obi to his switch, correct?
Also, if I do not have regular analog phone service, I could not make and receive calls through the regular telephone lines by connecting the Obi 110 to a regular analog telephone jack, correct?
Dave
zorlac:
Quote from: freedave on January 07, 2015, 06:12:28 pm
Also, if I do not have regular analog phone service, I could not make and receive calls through the regular telephone lines by connecting the Obi 110 to a regular analog telephone jack, correct?
Dave
If you're absolutely sure there is nothing outside connected to the old phones in your apt you could use a Y jack from the obi to one phone on a wall jack and be able to use your old touch tone phones as before.
But if your telephone line IS NOT isolated (physically disconnected) from the phone Co bad things might happen to your obi box.
LeoKing:
Quote from: azrobert on January 07, 2015, 04:53:33 pm
If he won't let you use the last port on the switch you can get your own switch.
Disconnect the cable from your computer and connect it to your switch.
Then use 2 more cables to connect your computer and OBi to the switch.
I just tried this configuration and it does work.
Newegg has good prices.
See the link in my last post.
I would get your own switch and do what azrobert said ^^^^ .
Besides Newegg, Amazon also has good & inexpensive switches on these pages.
drgeoff:
Quote from: freedave on January 07, 2015, 06:12:28 pm
Thank you very much, drgeoff and azrobert.
He has agreed to let me use the last port on his switch.
So we will connect another ethernet cable from the Obi to his switch, correct?
Also, if I do not have regular analog phone service, I could not make and receive calls through the regular telephone lines by connecting the Obi 110 to a regular analog telephone jack, correct?
Dave
I don't understand your question.
Your phone instrument does not have to be connected directly into the PHONE socket of the OBi100. You can connect that port to the apartment phone wiring and have up to about 4 phones on the apartment wiring. But you MUST NOT do that if the apartment wiring is connected to any other phone system. The OBi100 could be damaged.
freedave:
Thank you again -- I really appreciate all these responses.
I am planning on cancelling my Verizon land line phone service after the Obi is working stably.
Is there any reason I would need the Obi 110 instead of the Obi 100?
And why might it be preferable to get my own ethernet switch?
Dave
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