direct conect to DSL

gabrielle · Post by **gabrielle** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:49 pm

Can I plug the magic jack into my DSL box? or is it only to be plugged into a USB on the computer. My DSL has a USB that isn't being used, then I could leave it on all the time. I wont be getting my system till Monday so I am just checking to see if this would work.
Thanks for the help
Barb

bigbear78 · Post by **bigbear78** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:56 pm

Sorry can only be plugged into the usb port of your computer! It needs to install the softphone to work!

gabrielle · Post by **gabrielle** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:30 pm

Thanks I will just have to keep the computer on, thought it would be to easy. Can Magic Jack only be activated in the US?

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:10 pm

gabrielle wrote:Can Magic Jack only be activated in the US?

AFAIK, MJ does not do any filtering based on IP address, email or host name TLD, etc. I have successfully registered an MJ number from France. However, some foreign ISPs block various ports, which could prevent registration, or could prevent calling even after it was registered elsewhere. If you can test at http://www.testyourvoip.com/ , getting a good score without any warnings about blocked ports, and http://www.showmyip.com/ shows the same IP as your PC (or router or DSL modem) has, then you should have no trouble with MJ.