New dialer a resource hog?

hartterc · Post by **hartterc** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:01 pm

This new dialer is a resource hog. Over 70,772 when just idle? Why is it so bad?

hartterc · Post by **hartterc** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:19 pm

No one has a answer. Find that hard to believe.

greenman · Post by **greenman** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 2:45 pm

There may not have been answers because others are not experiencing what you're talking about.

When I am not making a call, there is an occasional, almost immeasurable blip, like the mJ is contacting a server as a sanity check.

When I'm on a call, I see just under 80kbps (9.7 KBps) during the call and zero when I'm not on a call.

From my router, here is a thirteen-second call, graphed to show just the bandwidth used by the magicJack in real time.

If you're seeing a bandwidth throughput on a full time basis and you're not doing any communicating, not downloading, not any other traffic, it's time to consider the possibility that someone is sharing your wifi.

If you isolate the problem to a specific internal IP -- a computer that is yours, and you have nothing actually running that needs internet connection and you can see that the data transfer is using ports used by VoIP, you may want to consider the possibility that someone has hacked your computer's mic and is listening to you. It's highly unlikely, but just a thought...

hartterc · Post by **hartterc** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:12 pm

I don't have or use WiFi. It's always using that much bandwidth every day all day long whether its idle or in use.

greenman · Post by **greenman** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:59 pm

hartterc wrote:I don't have or use WiFi. It's always using that much bandwidth every day all day long whether its idle or in use.

Is your magicJack connected directly to your router or your computer? I'm guessing computer.

hartterc · Post by **hartterc** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:58 pm

Connected to my PC.

greenman · Post by **greenman** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 12:25 am

hartterc wrote:Connected to my PC.

Are you using a phone or a mic/speaker setup?

If you can discern no reason why traffic is going through you computer, your machine may be compromised. It can't hurt to check out what's using that bandwidth and why.

Can you verify that the traffic is going through your VoIP UDP ports (for RTP, somewhere between 10000-65535)?

Try using NirSoft's CurrPorts app to check your current port traffic. You'll see magicJack listed as a process. If you see "listening" in the state, it's not doing anything.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html

magicJack will be listed in CurrPorts processes. You should have no traffic on these ports from your magicJack if it is not connected to someone else's phone.

NirSoft makes other free software you can download to check what's coming and going on your computer too. SmartSniff could help you narrow down exactly what is causing your unexpected traffic.

There's probably a reasonable explanation for the traffic - not trying to worry you. It's just nice to be able to pin down the source, eh?

Good luck.

hartterc · Post by **hartterc** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:49 pm

There is 8 open Magicjacks. None are listening?

greenman · Post by **greenman** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:16 pm

It all looks normal to me.
How are you measuring the bandwidth discrepancy (70kbps) you were talking about earlier? Any screenshots?

hartterc · Post by **hartterc** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:15 am

Hope this helps? This is at idle and Not talking.