Hi Clyde:
There's no OBi 1000, but there are 1022, 1032 and 1062 models. The 1062 has built-in WiFi, but the other two don't, and would need a USB-attached OBiWiFi dongle to add WiFi.
If you have a 1062, then the first question is: you mentioned the OBi dashboard. If you log onto your OBiTALK dashboard at
http://www.obitalk.com/obinet/pg/obhdev, do you see the OBi phone listed? If so, click it, then click the button to go to Expert Configuration, get past the warning and the redundant second button press
and finally, click on "Status" on the left side of the page. Then, click on "System Status". Look at the "WAN Status". Did the phone successfully get an IP address from your router/switch's Ethernet connection? You should see an address starting with either 192.168 or 10.0. Pick up the phone's handset or press the speakerphone button. Do you get a dial tone? If so, key in ***1 to confirm that it reads out that IP address.
Is that as I described? If not, stop and describe what you see.
If so, then go to the OBiWiFi Configuration section. Turn off the WiFi adapter, as shown in my screenshot below. That will get rid of the WiFi indicator on the phone.
Which service provider are you using -- Google Voice, or a SIP service provider like Anveo, Callcentric,
voip.ms, or ?