No, but if you are connecting directly to a cable modem or DSL modem you seriously need to get a router. They are cheap and will keep you secure. Steve Please visit my blog www.blindbites.wordpress.com Please follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/blindbites Text follow blindbites to 40404 in the United States On 12/22/2011 7:23 PM, Glenn wrote: > Steve, > For people with a high-speed modem, and no router, does it work like a hub, > in that you can plug it into the modem with the Ethernet cable, and then > plug the computer into the MagicJack+? > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Clark"<kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx> > To:<real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;<nutkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 3:16 PM > Subject: [real-eyes] 2 week follow up: Magic Jack Plus > > > We've had the new Magic Jack plus for 2 weeks now and thought I'd let > everyone know how its working. > Its perfect. We haven't had to restart the device and haven't had any > problems at all since I got it installed two weeks ago. > The Magic Jack Plus is connected to our router and plugged into the > outlet strip. We have our panasonic cordless phone base plugged into the > Magic Jack Plus and everything just works. > The sound quality is still superior to the old Magic Jack that had to be > plugged into a USB port. We haven't had any calls that sounded like > they were garbled or just drop as would happen from time to time with > the old device. > > So if anyone has been waiting to go out and get their Magic Jack Plus > and fire your traditional land line phone company, wait no longer, this > thing is great! > Steve > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes