chiefjim
join:2000-11-12
Smithtown, NY | reply to pandora
Re: ooma questions
Your reply is a bit more technical than I am able to easily decipher. Is there an end benefit to connecting the hub to the router as opposed to the cable modem?
Any consequences were I to change providers? |
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pandora
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join:2001-06-01
Outland
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A reason to put the Ooma hub behind the router is to keep it proximal to the area it will be used in. My router and cable modem are in a closet remote from where I want my Ooma to be.
Placing the Ooma behind my router, permits me the ability to have it physically where I want it.
Additionally, I don't have to worry about Ooma being in the way of, or managing any of my LAN -> WAN traffic. Instead of sitting in the middle of everything going to and from internet, my Ooma hubs sit on the inside of my LAN only generating traffic they need to manage VOIP calls.
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chiefjim
join:2000-11-12
Smithtown, NY | What happens if a power failure causes my modem to reset with a new leased IP address? Or, if I were to cancel my current provider and move to a new broadband provider? |
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pandora
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join:2001-06-01
Outland | The Ooma hub will re-establish it's VPN within a short period of time. |
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HolmanGT
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join:2001-11-20
Saint George, UT
·Baja Broadband
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There is an advantage to connecting the ooma unit between the modern and router. The ooma unit has its own QoS control. When placed between the modem and the router you can be assured that ooma will get all the band width it needs. It is just a little more Plug-n-Play that way.
Mine is also connected to my router and I did that only because when it was connected to the modem it acquired a strange IP address and I became alarmed that my ISP was also see it as a second device on their system. I have since found out hat the ooma unit will acquire an IP address and DNS address from ooma at least that is the what I believe was going on and why I saw a WAN address assigned to my ooma when connected to the modem. It is a pretty tricky little box, all designed to make your life truly P-n-P. (I don't know about you but I sure love to plug and play, feel free to take that anyway you choose)
Short story - it works fine either way and per ooma only requires about 47 kb-ps of band width. |
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