magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

Virtual LAN is a LAN spreading across the public internet via VPN. For example, I could use VPN to connect from home (via public internet) to my WORK LAN. So technically I'm in a virtual LAN.

This is not correct. A VPN is a Virtual Private Network or a means of tying a remote device into a LAN ...

TRY THIS. Very easy.

http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/post11077.html#11077

Anyone heard of FireDaemon? It is a program that will run ANY exe as a service. Their original version was free and I have it and use it to run magicJack as a service. FAR EASIER than the above instructions. Download it HERE.

First of all it isn't costing any oil for the copper lines, they have been there for YEARS. They are running new fiber to neighborhoods, Oil - who knows if I undertand correctly fiber is glass. Bill Gates HAS gotten into IPTV, the Uverse system I have runs on the MediaRoom platform from ...

It is fiber to a VRAD and then copper from there to the home. I believe the wire length limit is around 3500 Ft.

I noticed you are all about wireless. You realize there is additional equipment required for wireless transmission which I believe would result in an increased price. They still need to ...

Be sure you dial all numbers with 10 digits. I have had calls not go through when only dialing 7 digits.

Has this been fixed? I had this very problem for 2 weeks and emailed Dan. He got some technician on it (on a Friday), the tech told me they would work on it over the weekend and if it was not fixed by Monday they would replace my MJ. By Sunday it was working normally and has worked PERFECTLY ever ...

This doesn't make sense to me. If the software doesn't load you should not have a dialtone. Have you tried to make a call?

I have U-verse which is IPTV. They offer VoIP (although not in my area yet). Their VoIP is not even remotely competitive ($40 or $50 per month). My point here is that all this: TV, Phone, Internet comes over your standard copper phone lines. My VDSL connection is at 50 Mbps with 30 Mbps allocated ...

dylan wrote:I don't like not being able to get voice mail away from home but if they implement turning it off and allowing the MJ to pick up on your own answering machine, that would be great.

Your voice mails are sent to your account's email address. You can access your voice mails that way.

I HAVE ALREADY SET ALL OF THE LAPTOP CHANGES TO DON'T TURN OFF EVER .....
I have been working in the computer science field for more than 20 years and have a computer company that looks into system problems for large companies....

All of my friends that have followed this advice are now happy with ...

The problem is definitely them. I have gone through every troubleshooting step you possibly can and the chat session always ends with them admitting to a problem. All we can do is wait.

I had been so happy with the service up to this point that I was about ready to disconnect my landline.

Last ...

Are you in the Indiana, Ohio area? If so this problem with incoming calls is on Magicjack. It seems to be a prominent issue in that part of the country. They keep telling me they are having problems and will have it fixed "Soon". I've been waiting over a week now.

The problem is definitely them. I have gone through every troubleshooting step you possibly can and the chat session always ends with them admitting to a problem. All we can do is wait.

I had been so happy with the service up to this point that I was about ready to disconnect my landline.

The problem is not you it is MagicJack. I have had mine for over 2 months and it worked flawlessly until they performed their "Upgrade" of the system last week. I have the exact same problem you do and it has been going on now for more than 1 week. It is a crap shoot as to whether an incoming call ...

incoming calls to my 216 magic jack has not been working either...outgoing works great.....with my incoming calls...phone rings....caller can't hear me, but i can hear them.

I am in 216 and the same thing. Someone calls, phone rings, I answer and either they cannot hear me OR they cannot hear me ...

Do you have a little Speaker in the tray by the clock WITHOUT MJ plugged in. IF not then you probably do have a driver issue with your soundcard. If you do have the speaker by the clock and the volume isn't muted, and your speakers are turned on, make sure they are plugged into the soundcard and in ...

If it is such a POS I would think you would quit using it rather than move it to another PC?!?!?

Tech chat just told me they are doing audio upgrades and to look for an email in the next 24 to 48 hours. I responding "Are you kidding me, it is not going to work for 2 days." The chat then said it was ended because they had not heard from me in a long time.

Outbound calling is out for me Area Code 305 South Florida. Inbound calls OK. I can make an outbound call when I reset MJ. But only one call per reset. If I want to make more calls then I have to do a reset before making a new call. It's 1:40PM Easten Time.

Problems in 216...

Outgoing is fine ...

If you *don't* have any proxy entries in your hosts file (and are not running the spoofer), then MJ will do a DNS lookup for the proxy. Clear your DNS cache ipconfig /flushdns start MJ, when it shows 'ready to call', type ipconfig /displaydns and look for the proxy entry.


I did this and do not ...

Until you make or recieve a phone call at which point it pops back up. I believe that is the problem they are referring to.

Check here:

Keep App from popping up

This is a problem with the audio. I was connected to the PC that has my MagicJack using remote Desktop. I noticed when I did this I was receiving a message about No audio device installed and I got nothing from my phone. Also, the telephone in the softphone audio settings was grayed out. Ultimately ...

I set it to "No Sounds" for windows. . . still have clicks. Doesn't happen very often so doesn't bother me much.

Are you folks running the spoofer?? I started having a lot of error 3 problems running the spoofer, especially after the last upgrade.

I started using the spoofer about a month ago and had the "Connect to the Internet and double-click here." error. I resolved it by altering the rules associated ...

What operating system are you running? Service pack level, .net patches, etc...

Unless you are using the hosts file for other networking, the only thing that should be unremarked is the 127.0.0.1 locahost and the 127.0.0.1 "magicjack proxy address".

Win XP Pro SP2, all patches.

I don't think ...

I have running for my whole home. Easy actually. Here's what I did:

Stop magicjack
Edit the hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc with the information provided.
Load the spoofer (I placed the file in c:\windows\system32 and created a shortcut and placed in the Startup folder to start at ...

So you load the spoofer and then magicjack. Once magicjack says "ready to call" you add the proxy to your hosts file? Is this correct?

Yes

Thanks, worked like a charm. Question though, what happens in a power outage when the PC reboots? I would guess the phone will not work at all since the ...

what i do is turn the spoofer on then load the magicjack when it says ready to call then i add the proxy server. Works for me

So you load the spoofer and then magicjack. Once magicjack says "ready to call" you add the proxy to your hosts file? Is this correct?

Yes

Thanks, worked like a charm ...

snowigloo wrote:what i do is turn the spoofer on then load the magicjack when it says ready to call then i add the proxy server. Works for me

So you load the spoofer and then magicjack. Once magicjack says "ready to call" you add the proxy to your hosts file? Is this correct?

snowigloo wrote:delete everything but the 127.0.0.1 proxy1.nashville.talk4free.com

I am about to give up. I tried this and it still does not work. I ALWAYS get "Please connect to the Internet and double click here" on the phones display when I have this information in the hosts file.

Does anyone have a problem with their phone no longer functioning when they edit their hosts file? When I place the appropriate entry in the hosts file and start the phone it has a message stating "Please connect to the Internet and double-click here" in the phone's status window.

Okay, I got ...

Does anyone have a problem with their phone no longer functioning when they edit their hosts file? When I place the appropriate entry in the hosts file and start the phone it has a message stating "Please connect to the Internet and double-click here" in the phone's status window.