magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

mberlant

I'm not aware of any, either. This leaves my other question unanswered -- what benefit is derived from fixing the IP address? It can't be for QoS, because anyone able to set QoS priorities can more easily set a DHCP reservation inside the same router.

mberlant

Forgive me for not being clear enough. My comment meant to say that if for some reason you cannot use a router's DHCP reservation service you must instead manually set the fixed IP parameters in the client device.

Naturally, the MJ+ cannot force the router to reserve an IP address for it. MJ has ...

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When you use a MJ+ (or any other device for that matter) connected directly to your router and want that device to always have the same IP address assigned to it, you need to do that in your router - your pc has nothing to do with it. Go into your router's settings while your MJ+ is connected to it ...

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First of all, you probably need to plug your MJ+ into your PC once again so that it can receive the update you ordered in your online session. You should see the "Lucky you" splash screen telling you that your MJ+ is downloading its update from the server.

Beside that, though, since your MJ+ works ...

mberlant

The whole situation in the US is very sad, especially when compared to much of Europe and Asia.

I, like 28% of households and small businesses, pay $65 per month in Japan for 100Mbps/100Mbps fiber internet service. Another 21% of households and small businesses pay $25 per month for ADSL 48Mbps ...

mberlant

How does the MJ+ behave when it is powered directly from the wall and not via the UPS?

Home quality UPSes do not output a perfect sine wave, and this can wreak havoc with a switching power supply that is not engineered to handle input from a UPS.

If the MJ+es work well when plugged directly into ...

mberlant

I also observe it more with MJ than with the mainstream VoIP providers. It all depends upon the topology of MJ's network, which we can only surmise.

My guess is that, in MJ's efforts to reduce operational cost, they have their whole network, including all of its redundancy, in one location in the ...

mberlant

In all likelihood, there is nothing wrong. MJ carries telephone conversations over the public internet, and must cope with its characteristics, which are beyond MJ's control.

It is the very nature of the public internet that each party deposits packets of data at one end of a "conversation" and ...

mberlant

The ILECs have nobody to blame but themselves.

When DSL was new, they convinced the FCC that they shouldn't have to sell dry DSL without a POTS line to defray the cost. So, now not only are customers canceling their POTS lines, they are also moving their internet service from DSL to their friendly ...

mberlant

As you have certainly already learned by having read through previous postings before opening a new thread, it has been about three years since it was possible to extract SIP credentials from a MagicJack device in order to use them with higher quality equipment.

mberlant

As you have already discovered, just about any USB power supply should make the MJ+ happy. If you were to buy one now, I would recommend one that can deliver at least 1A.

mberlant

As you have read by now in so many other postings, this is a common situation with the MJ+. Most faulty power supplies produce insufficient power from the get-go. Yours is the first I've heard of that goes to sleep after two hours.

mberlant

Nothing you say indicates that your problem is inside your MJ+. If "waking up" a different device on your network brings your MJ+ back to health, then you need to be looking at either your router or your cable modem/service.

First of all, "MAC cloning" is a red herring. This is just a ruse your ...

mberlant

My local phone company supervisors worked on this for several days and
said they do not charge Magicjack anything for calls or termination to the
numbers I call.
This statement is false.

Every Telephone Company A pays every other Telephone Company B (and Long Distance Telephone Company C) a ...

mberlant

It is intended behavior to prevent the hosting PC from sleeping or hibernating automatically while the MJ is connected. This is because the MJ can only function while the PC is awake. If you need your MJ to continue working while your PC sleeps you should purchase a MagicJack Plus and connect it ...

mberlant

Thank you for posting your solution. One comment, though. Is it really your intention to make your PC go to sleep while it is hosting a MagicJack? You do understand that the MJ will also go to sleep and you will not be able to use it while the PC sleeps.

mberlant

Your computer is overworked and cannot afford to devote the resources MJ needs to operate properly.

There is no way to tell which particular resource your PC is deficient in without investigation. Your USB ports may be underpowered or may unable to negotiate power level properly. Your network ...

mberlant

As you have already learned by reading the other discussions on this subject, it all depends upon the WiFi access point you will be using. If bandwidth is limited you may have choppy voice. If bandwidth is very limited, your host may inhibit streaming services, which would include MJ. That ...

mberlant

Please don't feed the trolls. That fellow joined up expressly to promote his SPAM. His contribution has no relation at all to the question at hand. I reported the posting to the admin yesterday, so it should be deleted pretty soon.

mberlant

The link points to a really interesting article that includes portions of an interview with an AT&T exec about how it is/wants to migrate service over to VOIP in a BIG way and lobby gov to keep VOIP relatively unregulated.
That's not surprising. Landline provisioning comes with a service ...

mberlant

I don't know about the rest of you all, but I followed the directions from this Forum and got into the settings of the wireless router and opened up some ports specifically for MagicJack Plus to use.

I'm confused. Exactly how did making tweaks to your router cause your MJ+'s power supply to ...

mberlant

I use 2 MagicJack Plus. How would I set up port forwarding on a Linksys router?

Unfortunately, you cannot. The procedures described here are only indicated in cases where your own router's WAN IP address is not a public address in the public internet. If you get internet service from a smaller ...

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"It's a hotel - and I'm sure they can't do anything about it." Not.

It's a hotel - and they are doing what they feel they need to. Either this hotel has internet service with limited bandwidth and feel the need to block streaming services, which VoIP is when engaged in a phone call, or they ...

mberlant

many numbers I try call don't go and get recording, Incumbent local exchange carrier, please get prepaid calling card. all are local numbers
on a different exchange. Magicjack support just gives the same BS and will not fix. I am sure many have the same probs. What can we do to get it fixed?

You ...

mberlant

The problem is not that the TOS spells this out now. The problem is that MJ made a material change in the TOS since the time we all contracted and paid for the service.

If a cell phone company were to make a similar change in its TOS, such as reducing Nights and Weekends to 1AM to 3AM they would ...

mberlant

What a shame that they can get away with using profits for a buyback instead of using them for paying settlement fees to all correspondent telephone companies. Wouldn't the honorable thing be to deliver what your advertising promises, instead of making a material change in the contract after it has ...

mberlant

There is no way for the MJ customer to learn directly who made this anonymous call. When a caller requests anonymity by dialing the *67 code in front of the number it instructs the telephone network to withhold the calling number from the destination party. YMAX, MJ's telephone provider, does ...

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Congratulations on solving a problem inside your own PC.

mberlant

Google makes it very plain in every agreement for every service they offer -- Google promises to read everything you send or receive using their services and to make that information to whomever they please. I don't imagine it would take very much effort at all for a collection agency to use third ...

mberlant

My experience is that the Jawbone Bluetooth earpiece is the best for removing ambient noise. Believe it or not, this is because it is not a noise canceling device in the strictest sense of the word.

The Jawbone places a sensor on your jaw and then only allows ambient sounds that are coincidental ...

mberlant

Gee, since MJ consumes 80kbps in each direction while engaged in a phone call and virtually no bandwidth while idle, it would be quite a feat for the MJ to be the cause of your distress.

mberlant

You are unlikely to have any heartache from Verizon should you decide to port your numbers back to them.

You are very likely to have a difficult time getting MJ to release the numbers. Despite the rules being very clear that they must release the numbers, you need to understand that you will then ...

mberlant

MJ has no financial incentive to offer Call Blocking. Rather, it is decidedly in their financial interest to allow all inbound calls to be connected and to remain "in conversation" for as long as possible.

This is because YMAX, MJ's telephone company and immediate corporate family member, receives ...

mberlant

I live in VT and just started have some strange issues with MagicJack Plus. I plug mine directly into my router, do not use a computer or software. Certain numbers within the same area code & prefix I call (that I have had no problems prior) would be hit or miss all week mostly getting FAST BUSY ...

mberlant

Wow! Digging through your tirade is tiring. Perhaps if you would read previous forum postings prior to creating new ones you would already have the answers you are being spoon-fed here.

1. There are no international charges because your US-based VoIP device remains logically inside the US no matter ...

mberlant

The VoIP side of MJ data consumption is not proprietary at all.

When a call is in progress it will either use of two CODECs. The only secret is what MJ does administratively to update firmware and change passwords to keep users like us from enjoying the MJ to its fullest potential.

The default G ...

mberlant

thedeportee has posted a correction to a very insecure Dial Plan. The weaknesses of the BBR Dial Plan, quoted in the beginning of this thread, are:

- it includes * Vertical Service Codes, which MJ does not support,
- it includes the ability to call [235678]11, which MJ does not support,
- it ...

mberlant

Yes, indeed. And which of those original telephone services stopped working whenever the power went out?

mberlant

I apologize for misunderstanding you. Your comments in this and other threads are ignorant of discussions that have already taken place on this forum, and you have not yet taken the hint to read a topic before posting to it. So, how shall we proceed from here?

mberlant

Okay, so maybe LEGALLY it's "not a PHONE SYSTEM," but in all actuality and practicality, because of what it does for us--especially since it uses ACTUAL TELEPHONES--it still IS one. And you know that. If MJ provides all of the features, services and reliability you require from a phone system, then ...

mberlant

Well, you need to continue your research. As you do, both here and in the outside world, you will learn the nomenclature of the industry to which you aspire. You will learn, for example, that an ATA defines the entire device, from RJ socket to ethernet connector. That means that your MJ dongle plus ...

mberlant

My guess is that you were offered higher end user speeds on the heels of a major infrastructure upgrade, since your drop speed was already significantly more than you needed for a VoIP conversation.

mberlant

Your quick short answers, as well as your detailed ones are as close as the Search button at the top of the screen.

There are some guides here, but the vast wealth of information on this topic is on specialty forums, which you can find by googling.

mberlant

Yeah, but what I was saying is that the phone, itself, actually doesn't need to hear a dial tone in order to make the call. The dial tone is only for our benefit, not in order for the phone to be able to do its job. If the system didn't have a dial tone, but was still connected properly, the phone ...

mberlant

The hub divides the amount of data that can be transferred thru the 1 original port by the number of ports on the hub. A properly functioning hub does no such thing. A hub takes any data signal coming in on any port and echoes it outbound to every port (including the one it came in on) on the hub ...

mberlant

There are threads here that discuss how to extract your SIP information from your dongle. There are other threads that deal with using that SIP information on the alternate client of your choice. Using this information requires that you have the requisite skills. There is no cookie cutter solution ...

mberlant

This is bogus. The DNS service is a dynamic IP address number lookup system. Internet traffic is routed only on numeric IP addresses. Your PC cannot possibly know every server's IP address, especially as it changes from time to time. That is the job of a DNS server.

It is extremely unlikely that ...

mberlant

No, you must read the information that your router (not your PAP2) contains and compare it to the information you received from whatismyip. Then, please tell us if the two numbers are the same or different.

mberlant

The Dial Tone is there to inform the caller that the service is ready to accept a phone number. If the Dial Tone is absent, the caller knows that the service is not available.

This is unnecessary with a cell phone because the display and/or indicator LED on the phone provides the information to the ...

mberlant

You need to save the settings before exiting the menu. If that doesn't work, you need to address this with the folks who support Eyebeam, as this problem is unrelated to MJ operations.

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