HolmanGT
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join:2001-11-20
Saint George, UT
 ·Baja Broadband
| reply to chiefjim
Re: ooma questions
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. |
