Adding WiFi to Ooma Device

I had an original Ooma device without WiFi built in.  There's an Ooma adapter available for an unreasonable sum: $35, although it also has Bluetooth capability.  I found a forum post that talks about how to use a generic USB WiFi adapter to turn the Ooma wireless.

The Netis WF2120 works and is only $7, but it needs some configuration.  Plug the Ooma into a computer with an Ethernet cable via the Home port, not the Internet port.  Then connect to http://172.27.35.1/ click on Wireless on the left and enter the wireless network's information.

Turns out my original Ooma is still alive, but the power brick died.  I figured it was time to retire the old one, but it seems like they last for a while.  The original unit I had for probably a decade.

Calyx Institute

A while back, RJS informed my about the existence of the Calyx Institute, and more importantly the membership benefit that gives unlimited data access to the Sprint network.

The Calyx Institute is an educational organization that develops frameworks, tools, and sets of best practices to promote privacy on the Internet and in the field of telecommunications. For the past few years, one of our goals has been to do research on to develop Internet access strategies that offer "Privacy by Design".