Im based in South korea and LG blocked magic jack.

Mallman0630 · Post by **Mallman0630** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:05 pm

Im in the Air Force and im based in South Korea, I ordered Magic Jack bc it was the talk around the base to call home instead of spending 20 bucks for 150 mins. I mean i really can afford that and i really would like to talk to my wife and son. But then the day i get magic jack the internet service that im using blocked magic jack.

Is there anyway yall can help me get passed it?? I dont no if i need to change the proxy or what im clueless to this device. Thanks alot!

The message i receive when trying to place the call is:

Waiting for proxy registration.....

Then comes

Please connect to the internet and double click here [error 3]

I no for fact that it is blocked by the service that i am using

Post by **laserjobs** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:13 pm

What happens when you run the test at http://www.testyourvoip.com/

Mallman0630 · Post by **Mallman0630** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:18 pm

laserjobs wrote:What happens when you run the test at http://www.testyourvoip.com/

Its a 4.2

Post by **laserjobs** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:33 pm

Mallman0630 wrote:
laserjobs wrote:What happens when you run the test at http://www.testyourvoip.com/

Its a 4.2

Then you should have the ports open that you need to make calls. It sounds like a registration error on port 80. Has the jack been registered? Can you try it on another computer?

Mallman0630 · Post by **Mallman0630** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:41 pm

laserjobs wrote:
Mallman0630 wrote:
laserjobs wrote:What happens when you run the test at http://www.testyourvoip.com/

Its a 4.2
Then you should have the ports open that you need to make calls. It sounds like a registration error on port 80. Has the jack been registered? Can you try it on another computer?

Well thats the thing. Anybody that is going threw this internet service that they are providing us out here is having the same problem, so it dosent matter what computer you use.

Is there anyway around it? Like using a program that will bypass the block. I mean i dont no to much about it, but even if i was to change the proxy would that work and how would i do it??

Any thoughts will help.

I can say personally it would be such a great gift to receive the info on how to get this working for me and my fellow soldiers so we could contact our family's.

Post by **laserjobs** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:59 pm

You could try using a proxy server to redirect the registration

VaHam · Post by **VaHam** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:39 pm

Are you able to surf secured website's like eBay for instance which use port 443? MJ uses port 443 during it's registration. Port 443 is not used by testyourvoip.com so that could be one difference.

You could also download wireshark and do a capture on the network traffic, as you plug your MJ in, so you can find out what exactly is not working.

Mallman0630 · Post by **Mallman0630** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:41 am

How would i use a proxy server??

And on the wireshark i downloaded it but i do not no how to use it? I did find how to look at the things that were going on but do not no what the diffrent colors are or anything?

PLEASE HELP!

HvyJet · Post by **HvyJet** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:51 pm

It s probably not much help but...I was in Seoul a few months ago and was able to call the states. But when I m in Dubai,,,no dice. The UAE blocks it along with Skype.
LG might have done the same thing.
Good luck and much Thanks for your Service.
Ray

fsu1991 · Post by **fsu1991** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:05 pm

You could try a VPN service such as GoTrusted (www.gotrusted.com). They charge $6/month, but their service permits you to create a VPN between your computer and the GoTrusted servers here in the states. I've never used them myself so I don't know how well they work or if it will work with MJ, but I've seen a few forums where most people seem to be happy with it. They have a one week free trial (although I believe you have to provide them with your credit card number even for the trial). There are probably other similar services out there, but this is the only one of which I'm familiar. I'm neither recommending nor not recommending this service, but I'm throwing it out there as a possible solution to your problem.

Using a VPN service would also permit you to bypass all of the other restrictions of your ISP since you would be using port 443 to establish the connection. Of course, if your ISP blocks the VPN providers then you're still out of luck.

merlyn · Post by **merlyn** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:29 am

im not certain what the name of it is, but i stumbled across a free vpn service the othe day, was intended for gaming ... ill look to find it again, was a bittorrent download i was looking at that had mentioned it.

btw,
thanx to you and your fellow soldiers for your service.

merlyn · Post by **merlyn** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:48 am

ok look, im new to this forums ... so if i break a cardinal rule by posting a link then forgive me, plz, but i think this topic deserves this information.

the link to the free-ish private vpn software is:

https://secure.logmein.com/products/ham ... sp?lang=en

i hope this helps!

merlyn · Post by **merlyn** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:49 am

im not certain what the name of it is, but i stumbled across a free vpn service the othe day, was intended for gaming ... ill look to find it again, was a bittorrent download i was looking at that had mentioned it.

btw,
thanx to you and your fellow soldiers for your service.

sbw07 · Post by **sbw07** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:59 am

There's also AnchorFree's Hotspot Shield free VPN. Get it at http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/

ray2260 · Post by **ray2260** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:25 pm

Did the VPN work to get pass the LG block? I'm going to OSAN in December!

Pebo · Post by **Pebo** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:00 pm

I had the exact same issue, "waiting for proxy" (and after timing out) an error 3 displayed when I tried to connect for the first time. I contacted customer support via the on-live link. The operator sent an update to my MJ (had to do it twice) and after removing the MJ for 15 seconds, it worked perfectly when I plugged it back in.

Hope this helps.

arich_594 · Post by **arich_594** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:50 am

I am stationed in yongsan still trying to figure this thing out. I hate that LG Dacom has blocked my Magic jack i would like to call my wife and kids and for them to call me. SO if the VPN worked or if u have found a way around the ports being blocked please reply back to this.

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