So I Got A Magic Jack
Times are tough so everyone is looking for a way to save money. I am no different. We have had very inexpensive internet phone service for years through Voicpulse. The price was great at $15/mo, and the service was outstanding, but I would rather pay $20 per year than $15 per month.
My sister had a friend who owned a Magic Jack but never used it so she asked her if we could borrow it. We picked it up one evening and brought it home. I am the tech savvy one in the family, but before I even got a chance to install it my wife had plugged it in and had it working within minutes. I was pretty impressed.
We’ve been using it for a few weeks now and I have to say the call quality is perfect. I don’t really care for the software that comes with it but I am going to remedy that. The software pops up a window every time you use the phone or when someone calls. I have found a way to suppress that, but what’s even better is I have found a way to get the sip credentials from the software so I can input those into my Pap2 phone adapter and use that. This will allow me to not always have the computer on (It’s always on anyway.) and still be able to use the phone, but it will also allow me to do some custom things that will fix a few things that bug me about the Magic Jack. For example, you can’t do 7 digit dialing with the Magic Jack (with their software). So every time you call someone in your area code you still have to dial the area code too.
One thing that concerns me is the company’s business plan. Is this company gonna rake in all the money it can by selling cheap phone service and when it stops making a profit decide to file for bankruptcy? I hope not but they have been around for a few years, so maybe they will do something to build customer confidence in that area.
All in all I am really pleased with the service and that’s why I am recommending it to anyone looking to save some money. This product can be a 100% replacement for your home phone service.
Update: I got my sip credentials using a program called Magic Jack Utilities. I then entered those sip credentials into my PAP2-NA (same thing as a Vonage Phone Adapter). I had to reset my PAP2-NA to factory defaults, but after that it registered and worked fine. I setup a custom dialing plan so that I don’t have to enter my area code for local calls anymore. It sounds great, and works great too. Reply to this post if you have any questions.
Update #2: You will also need to give your PAP2 phone adapter an IP address (take it off DHCP). After that you need to forward ports 5060-5070 in your router to the IP address you gave your Pap2.
Update #3: Magic Jack made some changes which disabled the use of an ATA/Pap2 and I was out of service for a month. Well, I had to use the USB Dongle for a month. However I recently found a workaround that someone posted up and I am able to use my Pap2 again. Read the comments for instructions.
Posted on February 19, 2009
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trai, jim,
i use pap2 adapter but the only way i get dial tone is by setting Register Expire to “0” instead of 3600. if i use 3600, i get Registration State: Can’t connect to login server
however by setting (Register Expire to 0), i get a busy signals when i tried making calls and when i call my mj number it goes directly to my voice mail.
any thougnts on this one?
Jim, Trai,
No sorry I only had issues with my D-Link DPH-541. because it is also made by D-link you may want to try the setting I used to get my wireless voip phone to work.
SIP Account Name: whatever_u_want
Phone Number: EXXXXXXXXXX01 (=Authentication ID)
Authentication ID: can leave empty
Authentication Password: ********************
SIP Domain: talk4free.com
Proxy Address=proxy01.yourcity.talk4free.com, Port=5070
Outbound Address: can leave empty
Local Port: 5070
Register Timer(sec): 180
Codec: Auto
Pkt Time(ms): Default
OutofBand DTMF: On
@jim
i really appreciate your help but those settings you gave me is completely different from my PAP2 sttings.
trai,
can you help with my last question?
No, sorry Trai, I know nothing about the pap2. If I could see someone getting it to work, I would probably get one….Good Luck
trai,
any help on this?
i use pap2 adapter but the only way i get dial tone is by setting Register Expire to “0″ instead of 3600. if i use 3600, i get Registration State: Can’t connect to login server
however by setting (Register Expire to 0), i get a busy signals when i tried making calls and when i call my mj number it goes directly to my voice mail.
thank so much
-bea
BeaA,
It’s not really registering. It never has time to register at 0. Magic Jack has disabled the ability to use a PAP2 unless you do the workarounds I posted above. All those options involve running a proxy server that your Pap2 will connect through (either on your computer or your router).
I guess I need to write a new post explaining this, but if you will follow those links it is explained better than I could do it in those threads.
anyone here uses google voice? is there a way to setup this with pap2t?
@DaveM.. Can you please post the SIPXXXX.CNF file or provide a link. Thanks
Well, still up and running. Working good.
Hi Trai,
I am not able to retrieve the MJ SIP info by using the Stroths MJ suite v1.6. Have you or anyone else using different method to retrieve the MJ SIP info? I try to use the SIP Sorcery that you mentioned above but I am not able to make out going or incoming call. I don’t know because my SIP Password had been changed or not.
Thanks for all your helps.
Lee
There is no way to get the password using the utilities.
Does anyone knows how to actually get the password?
Lwding
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10 volt good configuration.
I have one wyse / /two magicjack diferet number (631)+(516) is exlent…
Does anyone know if magicjack will work with Avaya IP agent?
found password using
http://magicjackhacks.com/downloads/passwordfinder2.2.zip
hi everyone,
I got my pap2 up and working.. only problem I’m seeing is every so often when I receive a call it makes a fax noise on the callers end.. is anyone else having this problem?
hi, does anyone here had any experience of a loud buzzing sound on pap2t-na on phone1? the phone2 works fine when i moved the settings.
i get a loud buzzing sound when i pickup an incoming or making calls on my cellphone or from any lan line.
Hello! I am looking to buy the PAP2T thing and magic jack. How hard is this to hook up for a novice computer person?
is there anyway too get a step by tutorial on setting this up on an unlocked SPA2102-R on factory default settings
Beth, I also am getting very bad buzzing, and my wife has said I am breaking up at times, that with over 400Kbps on the uplink (!). I searched their FAQ’s and they have a pdf with some ideas to fix the problem. Plugging into another USB port is the easiest, followed by a different phone. The third solution was to give priority to background processes instead of programs on the PC through system properties settings. … Anyway, search on audio quality and you’ll find it.
About the different USB solution – they say to not use it on a USB hub, and I was thinking that the different usb ports on the PC may also provide different performance due to interference from various PC components. Anyway, worth a try.
Does this still work on PAP2T devices?
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Short but very precise info… Thank you for sharing this one.
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