magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

elrod2 · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 2

MJ+ cuts in and out on receiver audio, increased speed on 12 megs on my internet, no help.

SteveHC · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:37 pm Post subject:

You haven't provided any info re your home LAN setup and how your MJ+ is connected to it for anyone to be able to provide you with a helpful response.

rtoledo2002 · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Posts: 6

SteveHC · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:20 pm Post subject:

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rtoledo2002 · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Posts: 6

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SteveHC · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:15 pm Post subject:

Turning on the pre-defined Vonage QoS and/or its port forwarding/port triggering settings - and any "additions" or modifications to them of your own - will do nothing to improve the functioning of your MJ+, and thus can only complicate matters or possibly even make the problem worse. So disable it/them (assuming you're not using Vonage) and try to stick to my recommended procedures as I stated in my post above.

rtoledo2002 · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Posts: 6

SteveHC · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject:

Sorry, but maybe you might want to re-read my original post. The MJ+ automatically tells your router which ports to open & close, and when to do so. THEREFORE, you do not need to manually set your router to do it through its QoS or port forwarding settings.

BTW - 1) This is the first time that you've mentioned that your MJ+ works only when connected to a pc; did THIS problem just start? When you say you've reset the router to factory defaults, do you mean ALL of the modem-router's settings? IF SO, you should know that "factory defaults" does NOT necessarily=VERIZON FiOS's required settings... if your router came with a self-install CD to set it up you MIGHT need to run that program to ensure that all settings are done correctly;

2) Quite frankly, MJ+ works perfectly well with FiOS and the FiOS modem-routers right out of their boxes, at least as initially installed by Verizon... I know, because I know a LOT of people who have *multiple* MJs running off of their FiOS modem-routers, and they work PERFECTLY - and they've never altered their router's settings;

3) The MJ+ does not make use of router-based UPnP, so it *shouldn't* make any difference whether UPnP on your router is disabled or enabled.

Regardless, given everything you've stated, I now suggest the following:

First, with the MJ+ disconnected frrom the router and its a.c. adapter, do whatever you have to do to make CERTAIN that *ALL* of your modem-router's settings are as they were upon the modem-router's original installation.

THEN, connect the un-powered MJ+ to the router via Ethernet cable, THEN connect the MJ+ to its a.c. power source. Wait a minute, then check for proper MJ+ operation: a) check CAREFULLY to see if all 4 of its LEDs are operating properly (the green one being lit pretty continuously, the amber one blinking on & off, the little blue one staying lit continuously, and the little white one blinking on & off); and b) try placing/receiving calls.

FINALLY, if anything about the MJ+ still does not seem to be working properly, go into your online MJ account, start a "live help chat," and a) describe your current set-up and problems to them, b) tell them that you have a dynamic, i.p. address from your ISP but that you can't seem to get the correct setting to remain so in your account (unless Verizon's assigned you a static i.p. address, of course - UNLESS this is no longer a problem, I can't really tell from your most recent post), and c) tell them the make/model of your FiOS router, that you'd like to manually set the ports etc. and ask them what ports the MJ+ currently uses/needs to keep open (MJ occasionally makes changes to the ports that its devices use).

To ME, it *now* sounds like you've apparently done *something* regarding your router settings that has resulted in the MJ+ not being able to establish and/or maintain a proper connection with your router and the Internet when it's connected directly to the router - *possibly* you've inadvertently changed settings pertaining to the router's built-in firewall that's preventing the MJ+ from being able to open & close the necessary ports on its own, or did not set its dhcp settings correctly - so you may need MJ live help to run you through all of the correct settings (if they know them for your make/model of router).

Again, I've never known of anyone with FiOS who's need to alter their router settings to get MJ to work properly... but you may want to do some searches here on *this* website (maybe use FiOS as search term), or on the web in general using Google (maybe using as search phrases "magicJack Plus" - including the quotes - followed by a space, followed by FiOS) to see if anyone out there might know of something that I'm not aware of. Just for the heck of it, I just did a quick search myself and discovered the following site that I suspect might at least point you in the right direction:

http://forums.verizon.com/t5/General-Residential-Products-and/magicJack-Plus-plugging-directly-into-Verizon-Wireless-Router/td-p/439517

(the link states "Wireless" but the content actually refers to FiOS)

rtoledo2002 · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Posts: 6

Thanks Steve for all your great help. it's my fault as I had already posted elsewhere on this forum about the problems.

in this thread all I wanted to do was to improve the "dropped sound" by doing QOS.

after posting in this thread originally, it's when I made many changes that caused more problems leading up to the MJ+ not working in SAM .

all is corrected now, and I will leave the QOS for a later time.

Still even though you continue to repeat your selve. and I have tried ALL you've mentioned it would be "nice" to know "what those" those ports actually are, so as to allow a tinkerer to open said ports FULL TIME and point them to the MJ+ only , thus allowing it to when it goes online and opens them, to allow them to get a better priority in my network.

( BTW.
VoiceWing pre-defined settings in port forwarding in this router are as follows.
UDP 53
UDP 69
UDP 5060-5061
UDP 20000-60000

Vonage settings, are as follows

UDP 53 ------------DNS
UDP 69 ------------TFTP ? upgrades from windows magicjack software?
UDP 2400 ----------old obsolete server port?????
UDP 5060-5061----SIP-TLS also used by portD trojan voip.com nomado
UDP 10000-20000 ---plain old high non assigned port range >1024

so it only seems reasonable that a MJ+ setting might be like a combination of both settings above would get the job done.
)

as for the router, I got it 3 weeks ago, it came with .24 firmware, it had UPNP turned on, last week Verizon forced/pushed the update as they always do, and this new version has issues including having "lost the 2 mentioned setting icons from the "advanced" settings tab.

once I started tinkering, one of the 2 main things I did that caused the MJ+ SAM to fail was to do a factory reset as that put it into the new settings in the .36 firmware.

Verizon is aware of this bug they introduced and they are working on a new release soon.

Most network admins totally hate UPNP including the folks at the FBI due to the potential for hackers to gain access to internal networks.

at my age and being totally broke and upside down with nothing to loose, and having now set my internal network to WPA2 AES only.
as well as separating my personal machine in a separate network behind a Cisco 2610 with advanced security and IPS, I say let the kids and grand kids and the MJ+ have all the UPNP they want!

thanks again for your help, and in case you do *not know* what "those ports" are, maybe you should just say "don't know" Wink

oh did I say the third new bug introduced in the firmware .36 is the logging to my internal syslog server is JUNK and useless ? no wonder I ALSO DON'T KNOW what those EXACT ports are, but not for long.

one more time thank you for your patience with me, consider all 3 separate posts I made on this forum and the MJ+ forum CLOSED as I DO.

oh here are the other 2 posts made in the MJ+ support forum

http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/mj-and-networking-t12889.html

http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/mj-only-works-in-computer-not-in-standalone-mode-t12894.html

PLEASE DISREGARD THOSE ALSO AS THE WHOLE Enchilada is now cooked. until the next firmware comes out, and I discover the ports to then open in QOS > pointing at the MJ+ it is ok to guess for now.

SteveHC · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:34 am Post subject:

NOW I understand, got it. Re: MJ+ ports: Do a "live help chat" with MJ and ask for the current MJ+ ports - they'll tell you them. Simple as that. Good luck.

19Michael62

The technical help people are terrible. The average consumer who doesn't know a port from a port a potty should not have to deal with all this aggravation... sorry, just venting, but I am about to throw my MJ+ away and go back to Ma Bell.

SteveHC

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