Magic jack that plugs into router

brit · Post by **brit** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:04 pm

A friend in England told me he got what seems like a magic jack that plug directly into his router so his computer does not have to be on to make a call, it works directly through the router.
Does anybody know of something similar available in the USA. He could not remember the name of the product as he gave it to his son who lives in Australia and said the store that sold it does not have them anymore.
Brit

mberlant · Post by **mberlant** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:27 pm

That device is called an ATA (Analogue Terminal Adapter), and is discussed widely here in this forum.

mwill · Post by **mwill** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:36 pm

with this you plug it in to a router and you don't have to have your computer on to make calls

nestman · Post by **nestman** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:59 pm

So netTALK is a competitor to MJ? Is the quality better? Does it work with a Mac?

Thanks!

1oldman · Post by **1oldman** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:19 pm

the https://www.tk6000.com/ web page bears striking similarities to the MJ page. Anyone else think the same ?

nestman · Post by **nestman** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:20 pm

Yes, but why would they make two similar products?

samarai · Post by **samarai** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:53 am

between theTk6000 vs an ATA with VoIP service? I can't tell any difference.

parajulik · Post by **parajulik** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:49 pm

tk6000 seems to be a little bit expensive than MJ but does not need a computer

wow it changed 't k 6 0 0 0' to 'hunk of crap' lol

Solantro · Post by **Solantro** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:20 pm

Interesting finding:

http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images ... 5396v2.jpg

Look closely at the bottom left corner where the RJ-45 connector is.

r.

nestman · Post by **nestman** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:42 pm

Very interesting! But they spelled "magic" wrong. Wonder why?

Brenbro2 · Post by **Brenbro2** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:16 pm

"MagJack" copy writed brand name for Bell Strewart connector any one can purchase to install into their product - does NOT indicated any relationship to "MagicJack". Internet search is a wonderfull thing, isn't it?

dcham1 · Post by **dcham1** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:52 pm

Solantro wrote:Interesting finding:

http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images ... 5396v2.jpg

Look closely at the bottom left corner where the RJ-45 connector is.

r.

I have a linksys router and i put a connector on my magic jack that converts it to the connection on the back of the router and i was able to connect it in but the blue light did not come on, does this mean that I might need a "powered USB" hub to connect to then connect it to the router in order to get the magic jack to work without connecting it to a computer.

bitstopjoe · Post by **bitstopjoe** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:03 pm

MJ NEEDS a PC AND it's operating system to work ( UNLESS you are using an ATA) BUT if you JUST want to use the MJ as it is, you can NOT plug it into a router and expect it to work, sorry.

Joe Sica

dcham1 · Post by **dcham1** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:10 pm

ok here is another question, I have my linksys router, Wireless G and I found at a thrift store in Wisconsin a Linksys RPT300 router (unopened box, never used) and I used the program to erase the Vonyage information that was in the voice section of that router. Could I connect the RPT300 to the Wireless G router to use the magic jack? Or do I have to have one or the other.

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