OBi & Network & Homegroup - RESOLVED
Dravial:
Well, just got home and checked the computer on the LAN port of OBi again. Sure enough, after I woke the computer up, the LAN port died...
N7AS: I believe I disabled the functionality of the OBiTALK dashboard/portal per your instructions:
"To verify your IP address dial ***1 and listen for your network status. Write down the IP address and enter it in the address bar of Chrome.
If you want to configure OBi202 locally, you must disable Auto Provisioning.
Remember if you do this you won't be able to configure using the OBiTalk portal. It's either one or the other. When you disable Auto Provisioning, you may have to reenter passwords.
Go to System Management > Auto Provisioning >
Auto Firmware Update > Method > Disable
ITSP Provisioning > Method > Disable
OBiTalk Provisioning > Method > Disable"
Maybe I should re-enable it then... Something for sure isn't right here...
OK, trying this, basically exactly what LTN1 did...
1. I removed all cables from the back of the Obi202,
2. Since I was not exactly sure which settings I undid, or what to change them back too, because some of them do not default to being turned on, I did a factory reset per: http://www.obihai.com/faq/Troubleshooting-sec/How-to-Factory-Reset
3. Then I let the device reboot,
4. Then I plugged the phone back in, and the Internet Ethernet cable only (to the router)
5. I logged in and reset the Obi back up with my GV,
6. I then used the IVR interface and turned on bridge mode via: ***0, 31#, 1,1#,1
7. I let Obi reboot
8. I then connected the Ethernet cable to the other computer to the LAN port.
9. It took a while, but the other computer got internet/network/homegroup access
I will see if it sticks this time, I made no other changes at all other then what I described above.
Thanks for your patience and support. Here is hoping this has just been a coincidence of unfortunate events... The bright side is unfortunate events justify, if not mandate, imbibing bourbon...
UPDATE: As of the next morning, everything seems to be working properly (he stated, scared it would cause him to jinx himself...).
UPDATE #2: Left it sleep all day, my daughter came home and used the computer to look up her grades, worked fine. My son comes back an hour later to use computer, and it has no internet/network when it wakes up and bounces back and forth again just like before between identifying and disconnected. After a reboot of the computer it is still the same.
I WAS JUST CHANGING MY POST TO RESOLVED when this happened (Which I reverted back seconds later). I rebooted the Obi and now the internet/network is back. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE...
OK. That last 'failure' was due to my son, as I have now realized. When the computer goes to sleep, it loses its connection, when it wakes up it re-establishes it. however, he does not give the computer 5-10 seconds to re-orient itself, instead he logs in and BAM opens a browser. This seems to cause an issue where it has not reconnected to the network yet, and cause the whole thing to freeze up. I have told him to 'count to ten' first when waking the computer up, and I am having no more issues. Here is hoping this info might be useful to someone else - the bridge feature works fine, but you have to have more patience then a 14 year old...
This is is resolved.
Thanks.
Dravial:
Double Post, and at this point I could care less.
RESOLVED = bridge mode simply doesn't work. Either that or I have a faulty unit and please send a new one.
Either way Resolved only due to my patience ending. Listen to Steve, buy a port switch, because OBi cant handle a bridge. This is ridiculous and requires Maker's Mark with my homemade Amaretto...
Anyone have a coupon for a port switch?
LTN1:
Quote from: Dravial on March 28, 2015, 04:54:00 pm
Duuble Post, and at this point I could care less.
RESOLVED = bridge mode simply doesn't work. Either that or I have a faulty unit and please send a new one.
Either way Resolved only due to my patience ending. Listen to Steve, but a port switch, because OBi cant handle a fuckin' bridge. This is ridiculous and requires Maker's Mark with my homemade Amaretto...
Anyone have a coupon for a port switch?
Sorry to hear your problems. My OBi bridge mode has been fine since March 23rd. Now I don't use the OBi LAN port to connect my computer, just a hybrid PBX system. As far as I can tell, the PBX system, which regularly sends out a signal for the SIP lines, continues to work.
Have you contacted Obitalk support to see what else you can do? You can try sending it in for replacement. If it was me, I would buy another one just to test if the new one has any issues. If it does, perhaps it is something with the network configuration. If it works without problems, you know that you have a defective unit. Return the new one under warranty and send the defective one in for replacement.
One last thing...I'm sure there are a number of us that would appreciate you refraining on the profanity. Life can get a lot tougher than the troubles of a $74 equipment. I realize its been a headache...but try to remember, it is only a small piece of imperfect technology in a world where people have a lot more life and death issues.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Dravial on March 28, 2015, 04:54:00 pm
Duuble Post, and at this point I could care less.
RESOLVED = bridge mode simply doesn't work. Either that or I have a faulty unit and please send a new one.
Either way Resolved only due to my patience ending. Listen to Steve, but a port switch, because OBi cant handle a fuckin' bridge. This is ridiculous and requires Maker's Mark with my homemade Amaretto...
Anyone have a coupon for a port switch?
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=9645.msg63934#msg63934
Just buy a switch. They're reliable and cheap. Shop Newegg's deal pages for a discount/sale price. Netgear and Trendnet are my top picks for value.
Dravial:
Spelling fixed and improper language usage removed. My apologies as I sat down to this yesterday evening late after enjoying finally getting outside all day after winter, working around the house was tired and had, of course, a bourbon or two. Not that it's an excuse, but it is what it is, just like OBi Bridge mode...
And yes, I talked to support via e-mail, and basically told me turn on bridge mode and walk away slowly; "Please don’t disable the OBi provisioning, you won’t be able to make any changes to obitalk and it will have severe issues down the road.
The easiest solution to the LAN port issue, is to simply turn the LAN port into bridge mode, that’s all. And you can do so without disabling the OBi provisioning."
I think I will just go with this for a $5 solution as the computer is about 12 feet from the Router (w/ WiFi) anyway: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301399250734
I wonder if OBi would work with this instead of the computer or if you have to buy the OBi branded one...
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