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by fmpreusser
Tue May 03, 2011 11:28 am
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: Failure to connect To Home Phone
Replies: 3
Views: 3353

Failure to connect To Home Phone

Thanks for the input; it is certainly a recent phenomena, I used to be able to call from cellphone, but this changed in the last few weeks. In fact leaving my area code allows me to access my homephone. I would hope MagicJack support monitors this forum and responds, unless ther is another way to ...
by fmpreusser
Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:14 am
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: Failure to connect To Home Phone
Replies: 3
Views: 3353

Failure to connect To Home Phone

I have owned Magicjack for almost 2 years and have had very few problems. A feature that has always worked, stopped working about 2 weeks ago:
My wife and I have Verizon cell phone s with a 253 area code (family plan) that we use to make calls to our home phone in a 262 area code (1-262-xxx-xxxx ...
by fmpreusser
Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:58 am
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: MagicJack frequently disconnects after first ring(s)
Replies: 6
Views: 6038

Finally get back to the problem described above;
I reconfigured my system to:
Cable Modem=> Router => Computer A (XP-Running Magicjack) and Computer B (Vista). The good news is I had no problems nor did I have to enable port forwarding 5060:5070 or any other.
The bad news is that this points to my ...
by fmpreusser
Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:13 am
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: MagicJack frequently disconnects after first ring(s)
Replies: 6
Views: 6038

thanks again for response; the linksys router model is BEFSR41.
One thing I did not mention: I have Skype running behind firewall and router so I assumed that magicjack could also run behind?? To run magicjack before the linux firewall means I have to give up the linux firewall. Computer A runs ...
by fmpreusser
Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:37 pm
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: MagicJack frequently disconnects after first ring(s)
Replies: 6
Views: 6038

Rookie mistake, not enough information! Thanks for the response, here is some more detail:
My first magicjack unit was defective and I returned and replaced with second unit which functioned immidiately (with the problem described in the posting). Despite numerous chats with support, it remains ...
by fmpreusser
Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:39 am
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: MagicJack frequently disconnects after first ring(s)
Replies: 6
Views: 6038

MagicJack frequently disconnects after first ring(s)

I like magicJack, but I have not had much luck so far. Hopefully someone can helpme?!
I installed my (second) unit a few days ago and have run into a problem, where the call gets disconnected after one or two rings. The receiving end hears the phone ring but when answering the line is dead.
Trying ...