Dedicated PC Specs

[beltline]

I'm thinking of purchasing Magic Jack but had a few questions.

1. I have a old spare Dell I could use to leave dedicated to MJ. It only has like 384mb of memory and a 800mhz CPU. Will this work?

2. I have Verizon low/high speed internet (DSL). Not very fast, it's the lowest high speed they offer. I'm using a 6 year old DLINK wireless G router with 5 computers hooked into it. Will this pose a problem?

Thanks

[az2008]

I'm thinking of purchasing Magic Jack but had a few questions.

1. I have a old spare Dell I could use to leave dedicated to MJ. It only has like 384mb of memory and a 800mhz CPU. Will this work?

2. I have Verizon low/high speed internet (DSL). Not very fast, it's the lowest high speed they offer. I'm using a 6 year old DLINK wireless G router with 5 computers hooked into it. Will this pose a problem?

The old computer may work if you disable unnecessary services, and give the MJ process High priority (see the wiki how-to).

You probably need a powered hub (see the wiki FAQ about powered hubs).

Regarding your internet speed, if your DLink doesn't provide any QoS features (to give priority to the computer connected to one port of the router), then you should buy a router that does. I use Linksys WRT54GL. I think it has that level of QoS built into it. If you choose carefully, you'll also be able to re-flash it with the free Tomato firmware and get more advanced QoS. But, with a dedicated computer running MJ, you don't need many QoS features. Just the ability to give priority to one router port, or the MAC addr of what's connected to it.

Mark

[beltline]

Thanks Mark. USB hub makes sense. Not sure if that computer ever got upgraded to 2.0 but I'll do that also. I'll check my DLINK router on the QoS. I'll check the Linksys to be sure it works with my Verizon DSL. I bought a Air Link Wireless N that wasn't compatible. I believe the Linksys is though.

Is the cheapest the Magic Jack is right now $40?