Re: Anyone using Magic Jack with Windows Server 2003?

["sjl" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob, Jerry -

I don't consider Magic Jack unreliable, but if you are performing downloads 
or otherwise loading up your bandwidth on your internet connection it can at 
times make your telephone connection sound like you are a million miles 
away.

I haven't run it on Windows Server 2003, but what bugged me about it is that 
when you plug the dongle into a computer it automatically installs their 
client software, which is not the most well-behaved application that I have 
ever seen.  Ours is installed on my son's desktop computer and he typically 
kills the client until he wants to use the Magic Jack telephone connection.

BTW Jerry, I'm not sure that the dongle will provide enough current to 
provide a signal if you plug it into a patch panel...

- sjl


"Bob Crothers" <bob.crothers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2874.1285774349.2702.pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
When I tried Magic Jack, I found it to be less than reliable.

Bob Crothers
www.BJsBariatrics.Com
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On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:21 AM, <GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Anyone using Magic Jack with Windows Server 2003?
>
> I know that it is not supported, and have found stuff on the net regarding
> using it on WHS (windows home server).
>
> I'd like to do this since this I have a Win2003 server up and running 24/7
> in the basement.
>
> Also is it possible to run the magic jack line into a 'junction' box that
> would allow the magic jack to provide active phone lines to different
> rooms?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards, Jerry
>
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