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Opening ports on Orbi for magic jack
I am having trouble with my Magic Jack phone device. I have done extensive troubleshooting with them as well as replacing devices, cords, etc. They keep telling me to make sure ports 5060-5070 are op...
Thank you for your suggestion. I do not know what DMZ is. Could you direct me to a source that could explain it to me?
Your replies to my earlier questions were good. It looks like you do have the port forwarding setup and your Orbi is the only router (i.e., you do not have Double NAT).
One last question - How do you know that your Magic Jack device is at 192.168.1.6. When you go to Orbi's admin website and click on Attached Devices do you see the Magic Jack device listed and with that IP address?
mlmdjd wrote:Thank you for your suggestion. I do not know what DMZ is. Could you direct me to a source that could explain it to me?
The suggestion for DMZ (demilitarized zone) is to setup your Magic Jack device so that it is exposed to the Internet and not protected by your Orbi router. In Advanced... Setup... WAN Setup you can enter one IP address for Default DMZ Server and check the box. This works if you know your Magic Jack device's IP address. If you setup DMZ then you don't need to worry about individual port forwarding setups because all ports of the device are exposed.
Yes, when I look at the Attached Devices list, the Magic Jack device is listed as 192.168.1.6.
Is there any kind of security risk in setting up the DMZ?
mlmdjd wrote:Is there any kind of security risk in setting up the DMZ?
Here's more info on the DMZ: https://kb.netgear.com/1118/How-do-I-configure-a-device-to-be-in-the-DMZ-on-my-NETGEAR-router