amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
 ·Cox HSI
 ·magicjack.com
| How to find which proxy you're using?
I've seen comments about changing [something] to use a different MJ proxy. How do you find out which proxy you're using? And, how do you change it?
I searched regedit for "proxy1" and couldn't find anything. I used Fiddler2 but nothing stands out to me. I see connections to 911.talk4free.com and prov1.talk4free.com. But, I don't see anything for proxy1.*
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thechad
join:2008-07-30
Peoria, AZ
| Run a Wireshark capture... You should see a SIP REGISTER message as soon as the softphone pops up. You should also see a DNS query for the proxy being used just before the Register. It seems like the proxy is the closest one to your particular area code. e.g. 602 = proxy1.phoenix.poo |
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amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
·Cox HSI
·magicjack.com
| said by thechad  :Run a Wireshark capture... You should see a SIP REGISTER message as soon as the softphone pops up. You should also see a DNS query for the proxy being used just before the Register. It seems like the proxy is the closest one to your particular area code. e.g. 602 = proxy1.phoenix.poo Thanks. I see it using Wireshark. (I searched the unofficial MJ forum and someone said they used Fiddler. I couldn't find anything using that tool.).
How do you use a different proxy (if you suspect something is wrong with the one you're automatically routed to)? Is it just a matter of redefining the proxy hostname in the hosts file?
For example, if I discover using Wireshark that I'm using proxy1.Phoenix.talk4free.com (66.104.81.70), but I suspect there's a problem with the proxy, and I want to try Los Angeles (64.0.147.6), I would edit my c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file, and add the following line:
[code]
64.0.147.6 proxy1.Phoenix.talk4free.com
[/code] That would tell my system to resolve the Phoenix hostname to the Los Angeles IP address?
BTW: The reason I asked about this is because when I'm VPN'ed into my employer I can't use MJ. I thought I could setup some static routes to route 64, 66, 67, 71, or 207 through my router instead of the VPN. (Stewart, on the unofficial MJ forum, told me a long time ago these are all MJ addresses have one of those first-level octets). I thought it would work. But, it didn't. I got an RC=4 when connected to the VPN. But, I just realized my employer's DNS doesn't ave all these proxy1* names. So, I added them to my hosts file. Now MJ works when connected to the VPN.
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amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ | I have created a how-to and posted it under its own thread:
»How to find (and change) which proxy you are using.
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mozerd
Light Will Pierce The Darkness
Premium,MVM
join:2004-04-23
Nepean, ON | Good stuff ... very well done. |
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