My phones time are all off by one hour (behind)

[dorlow]

Hi, I have my magic jack plus back feed into my phone system and I have one corded phone directly plugged into one phone jack. Then I have a cordless multi phone system with two cordless phones. All display the time. All of the phones are off by an hour. On my corded phone, I tried manually setting the time and it sticks for a few minutes and then goes back an hour again.

I been researching trying to figure out where the time is coming from. I chatted with magic jack and they said it's not coming from the magic jack but from my internet or router. Now I screwed up my router, so I'm on my second one. But a week or so ago, when I was on my old router, I looked all over in the settings and there was nothing that refered to time. I called Charter and asked them if the modem had the time in it somewhere and they said no.

I'm a computer tech. I clicked on every link in that router and there was nothing to do with time. So, I went a little too far and i downloaded wrt firmware that would put some after market firmware on the router but it screwed up my router and bricked it. After I tried applying the firmware the router now just continuously reboots.

Knowing I screwed up and it's my fault, I just bought a new modem and router. I know I didn't have to buy a new modem. But I hated the wire mess on my desk having two devices, so I bought a cable modem/router combo. With the new modem/router combo, my phones are still off by an hour. I looked through the settings of the cable modem/router device and again, nothing to do with time in it. I paid $150 for this modem/router combo, so I'm not screwing with it putting after market firmware on it.

Anyone know why my phones are all off by an hour?

[greenman]

This has been a problem with the magicJack since its inception.
It's a time zone glitch. Apparently, all magicJacks are permanently set to the time zone of Ymax in Florida: Eastern time.

http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/sask ... -t667.html

Any support rep who tells you otherwise is feeding you a line.

[dorlow]

I should have them pay me back for my fried router or new router.... lol

[dorlow]

what doesn't make sense though with what you say is I am in Eastern time also, so it should be set correctly for me...

[greenman]

what doesn't make sense though with what you say is I am in Eastern time also, so it should be set correctly for me...

Well, you've got me there. Here's another thread about the same, or perhaps only a similar problem.

On the off chance that it is your router...
Have you tried setting the time zone on your new modem/router?
For instance, on my ASUS RT-N16 using Tomato USB (Toastman Build), I can set it to Eastern Time, select the preferred NTP Time Server pool and whether or not Day Light Savings Time is used in my area.

[dorlow]

Yes, I've checked all over in the old router and the new router's settings... no option to set the time.

[Gene45]

I use a Cisco router, low cost one, and it has a time setting.
Magic jack assures me that the time shown on voice mails comes from the router. I tried changing the time zone and it made no difference to magic jack.

Your router may or may not have a time setting but I don't think it would help you./

[Freddy 44]

I use a Cisco which I used in the PT zone for years using cordless Panasonic phones on a VOIP system supplied by my local cable company.
I also uses another brand before this one.
Neither router gave me any time problems.
Now I am using the CISCO with MJ it continually dumps thetime forward.
However it does not move it 3 hr offset which is what it should be if all MJs are set to eastern time. It is moving it forward 2 hr or to CT.
Given the router was fine on anothe VOIP system I have doubts it is the router.

[Mjguy456]

Try setting your phone clock to auto reset for DST - you'd think it would change automatically but some don't . Therefore your phone will only show the correct time for half the year..