OB202 Router mode

[mrjoe]

I'm using Raspbx (FreePBX on a Raspberry PI) with an OB110 connected to a PSTN Line, an OBi202 with OBiBT, a Huawei E160 dongle for continuous GSM and 2 Snom 320s connected via a TP-Link switch to a Netgear WN3000RP wireless extender which (with permission) picks up protected wifi from a neighbour.  I'm using a 2A Power Supply. I've also configured it to allow Asterisk to work without internet purely on LAN if the Internet fails.

I believe with this setup, all calls, even internal calls between extensions are going back to the router via Wifi.

I'd like to create a LAN on my OBi202 while still receiving Wifi Internet from the main router.  Is this possible?

I changed the OBi202 from Bridge Mode to Router but this didn't provide my other devices with an IP Address....

[202Owner]

I would try something like this:

Internet
neighbor router/ap 192.168.1.1 (remote LAN1, WLAN1 SSID1, DHCP pool1 192.168.1.2-255)
(((wifi 300Mbps max)))
ap extender (WLAN1 SSID1)
---wired 100Mbps---
your router/ap 192.168.2.1 (local LAN2, WLAN2 SSID2, DHCP pool2 192.168.2.2-255)
your LAN switch and host devices...

If the OBi202 is to be your router:
o  set its IP address and DHCP pool to not conflict with the neighbor's.
o  set System Management - Device Admin - Web Server::AccessFromWAN = not checked
o  note that its max throughput in router mode is 30Mbps (your neighbor won't mind).
o  it will have no WLAN2 SSID2 WiFi.

I'd prefer using a mainstream router/ap to provide own local firewall, LAN, and WLAN; and use the OBi in bridge mode as 100Mbps switch.

[mrjoe]

202owner, I appreciate your response.

My neighbour's is router is 10.100.102.1
I'm going to use the default 192.168.10.1

Neighbour's Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
So I'll use 255.255.255.128

I go to LAN settings change Bridge to Router and change the Subnet Mask.
Do I leave WAN settings as is? static

What else do I need to change because having done that I lose access to the OBi202 and none of the devices connected to it have a new IP address even though I changed them all to DHCP.

[202Owner]

I may reveal my networking ignorance here, but...

Using your OBi202 in router mode with its Internet port wired to the range extender:
o  the Obi router WAN should be configured for DHCP (not static) to get its WAN settings from the neighbor router DHCP server.
o  the OBi router LAN IP address should be static 192.168.10.1.
o  the Obi router LAN DHCP server should issue 192.168.10.2-255 IP addresses to host devices on its LAN port.  I think default mask 255.255.255.0 is ok.

To admin your OBi, browse to 192.168.10.1 from the LAN side.

[PeteMoss]

What's wrong with setting the OBi WAN IP to static as long as the upper router is also set to static for that IP address/MAC?  Works fine for me and is recommended by many.

[202Owner]

What's wrong with setting the OBi WAN IP to static as long as the upper router is also set to static for that IP address/MAC?  Works fine for me and is recommended by many.

I prefer static assignment only when necessary... to minimize management.  Here, the upper router is someone else's network... I would not presume to manage static IPs for their network.