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MagicJack® Set Up

After you have connected the device for the first time and registered the device, you should probably run TCP Optimizer to “tune” your computer to work with it in an efficient manner; it can be downloaded from the following website:

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

You can use the TCP Optimizer by following these short instructions:

1.Choose your maximum Connection Speed from the slider bar (the maximum available bandwidth, in kilobits per second)
2.Choose your Network Interface, or check to Modify All Network Adapters
3.Pick “Optimal settings” from the radio-buttons near the bottom of the program
4.Click on the “Apply changes” button and reboot

MagicJack® Uses

1.Inexpensive Secondary Telephone Service
2.Excellent adjunct to expensive prime time and/or poor indoor Cellular Telephone Service
3.Distribute magicJack® phone number to all contacts as primary contact number
4.When outdoors have the magicJack® phone number forwarded to cell phone
5.When indoors use magickJack® phone number to reach and be reached by contacts

MagicJack® Support

Main Office: (561) 594-2140 this is just a recording telling you where to get support, you can leave a message if you want.

Support: (281) 404-1551 open from 11am to 8pm EST

“Most users that are having “trouble” with their magicJack® dongle are usually having connection problems with their computer’s USB ports and its power supply to those ports!”

This is the least expensive and probably the best telephone service that I have EVER used!

This service ONLY costs $19.95/year and with a 5 year license extension it costs only $12.00/year! $1.67/month 1st year then $1.00/month each year thereafter.

Don’t believe any of the BAD PRESS you may hear about the service. I discovered what the “technical” problem was, because it actually happened to me. I was having audio and connection problems until I solved the technical problem of my computer’s USB bus drawing over 500 mA, actually 580 mA, with everything plugged into the bus.

My eMachine computer, Model T2882, only has a 250 Watt power supply and that was working at its limits with all the computer cards and USB devices that I had plugged into the machine were demanding current.

The attached article is how I solved the problem for less than $20.00!

http://drbray.blogspot.com/2008/12/magicjack-reality.html

don’t work with xp pro
Marc

Thank you! that worked like a charm on our Win2003 server – exactly what I needed. Now only if you had a mac and had gotten it to work on the mac Used to work on my mac until about 3 months ago, and suddenly it no longer works.

For the mac, try to update your magicjack by googling, update magic jack. Mine was not forwarding my caller ID properly to my phone, but now it works liek a charm.

Now I Just have to figure out what exactly to do in Windows Server 2003 to get it to run. Thanks!

Thanks, I'll update the post.

Thanks, I'll update the post.

So does it work on the server, not the client?

I’m glad some other nut out there was willing to try this like me. Saved me the hassle of trying to see if it’ll work before I do it

Thanks dude.

Loved the tips, but noticed one thing: my headless server’s audio is disabled in the BIOS and can’t be enabled via
RDP.  Turns out all I had to do was enable the audio service and I was
good to go anyway!  I’m also working on converting the “magic” software
into a service so that the server doesn’t have to be logged in for the
magicjack to work…