- Ooma device (Hub or Telo)
- D-Link DIR-655 router (will work for any router, assuming you know how to use the similar features of your router)
- DSL or Cable modem
STEP 1
- Open your browser and go to 192.168.0.1 to access the routers config page. Login
- Go to SETUP, then NETWORK SETTINGS and ensure that "Enable DHCP server" is checked
- Scroll down the page and ensure that "Add DHCP Reservation" is checked
- make sure that your computer's LAN networking (depending on your OS, go to the Networking applet) is set to obtain an IP via DHCP. Even if you gave it a static IP address before, change it back to DHCP - you can change it back later when everything works as it should
- plug the computer's LAN cable (currently plugged into the router or switch) into the Home port on the Ooma. If anything is plugged in the Ooma INTERNET port, unplug it for now.
- open up your browser and go to 172.27.35.1 (this is the IP address of the Ooma device and you can use setup.ooma.com as well)
- in the Ooma settings, go to NETWORK and change it from Automatic to DHCP, then change "MODEM Port MAC Address" to "Use Built in" then click UPDATE.
- WRITE DOWN the MAC address that is next to the "Use Built in" option you just enabled
- in the Ooma settings, go to ADVANCED, make sure there is nothing in DMZ, then add a new port forwarding TCP rule for port 80 and forward it to 172.27.35.1, set (to disable Ooma QOS) "Upstream Internet Speed" to 0, click UPDATE.
- unplug the router power
- unplug the Ooma power
- unplug the modem power
- unplug the computer LAN cable from the Ooma HOME port and put it back into your router (where I assumed it was before in one of the Blue ports)
- plug the [Black] Ooma LAN cable into the Ooma INTERNET port and the other end into one of the four [Blue] ports on the router.
STEP 4
- plug in the modem power, wait for it to fully init
- plug in the router power, wait for it to fully init
- plug in the Ooma power, wait for it to fully init - it will be blank at first, then start to cycle Blue, then it will go to Red. Leave it alone for a bit. If all goes well, it will obtain an IP address from the router
- Open your browser and go to 192.168.0.1 to access the routers config page. Login
- Scroll down the page to the "Number of Dynamic DHCP Clients" section and look for the modem MAC address of the Ooma device. You wrote this down back in Step 2. That is the IP address of the Ooma device as assigned by the router.
- Reserve that address - so that it never changes. So, click on reserve next to the IP address that is assigned, then scroll up back to the "Add DHCP Reservation" section. The information you reserved has been entered for you. There won't be any "Computer Name" in the first box, so just enter Ooma Device as the identifier. Click SAVE.
- Make a note of the reserved IP address since thats the ONLY way that you will be able to access the Ooma config page because neither 172.27.35.1 nor setup.ooma.com will work due to the fact that the Ooma device a) is no longer connected via the HOME port b) the Ooma device has a different internal IP mask than what the router is assigning.
QOS:
Very straight-forward. Since you have a top-of-the line router, it can do better QOS than the Ooma device.
- Open your browser and go to 192.168.0.1 to access the routers config page. Login
- Go to ADVANCED and click on QOS ENGINE
- Enable these: Enable Traffic Shaping, Automatic Uplink Speed, Enable QoS Engine, Automatic Classification
- Disable these: Dynamic Fragmentation
- Set Connection Type to be whatever your network is (cable, DSL etc)
- Go to QOS Engine Rules and set one for the Ooma device as follows: Name: Ooma VOIP, Priority:50, Protocol: Any, Local IP Range: in both boxes, enter the IP address reserved and assigned to the router, Remote IP Range: No change here, Local Port Range: No change here, Remote Port Range: No change here
- Check the box to the left of Local IP Range to enable this QOS rule
- SAVE the settings - wait for the router login window to come back
Open your browser and enter the IP address assigned to the Ooma device and you should now be able to view the Ooma setup screen (due to the fact that port 80 on the device has been forwarded to the primary IP address of the device). You might want to add it to your bookmark favorites.
Be Happy.