troubles with OOMA behind a switch

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geno_je
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troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by geno_je » Sun Sep 07, 2014 5:29 am

Hello,

I have had OOMA for several years and it works with:

MODEM>Router>OOMA

However, I have bought a switch as I have more and more wired devices that I want to have hooked up. I have tried to move OOOMA to the switch: MODEM>Router>Switch>OOMA but this does not work. The lights on the switch do not light up once I power cycle OOMA. I thought perhaps OOMA did not have enough voltage through the ethernet port to connect to the switch, and I have switched ethernet cables but still no luck.

Any ideas? Thanks

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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by Leeway » Sun Sep 07, 2014 5:36 am

Did you reboot 'everything'? Unplug everything then boot - Modem then router then Ooma.

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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by suncoaster » Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:08 am

That same setup works for me, so try Leeway's suggestion.
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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by southsound » Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:48 pm

I have 2 Telo systems and a Hub connected to a 16 port switch that connects to one of the ports on my combined ADSL Modem/Router with no problems. This setup has worked well for years.
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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by Redrock » Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:46 am

I just installed a telo with the same config. Modem-Router-switch-telo and it wouldn't work until I put the telo into the dmz. Just an idea.

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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by dknyinva » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:30 am

what kind of switch?

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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by JonInNY » Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:39 pm

Why don't you keep Ooma in the Router, as before, and move a DIFFERENT device to the switch. You know that it works that way, so why not keep it that way?

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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by Leeway » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:16 pm

I'm with Southsound, I have two Ooma Telo's connected to a switch. My router is a Dlink. Been that way for years without a problem.

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Re: troubles with OOMA behind a switch

Post by OldSchool » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:59 am

Is it a powered switch or just passive?
You may be correct about the power issue.

I just moved my new Telo behind a powered switch, behind the router. The switch is gigabit TP-Link 8-port [ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EVGIYG/ref ... hxb07QW4KF ]. Works fine for me. Router is Netgear WNDR 3700 and modem is Surfboard 6121 (DOCSIS 3.0) on comcast.

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