Configuration with Advanced Setup
Using the universal plug and play function
PCs with UPnP (Universal Plug & Play) can offer their own network services and automatically use services offered on the network.
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The PC must have Windows ME or Windows XP as its operating system. Check whether the UPnP function has been installed in your PC's operating system. It may be necessary to retrospectively install the UPnP components even on Windows XP or Windows ME systems. Please consult your PC's operating instructions.
Once you have installed UPnP in a PC's operating system and activated it on the router, applications on that PC (e.g. Microsoft Messenger) can communicate over the Internet without you having to specifically permit this. In this case the router performs automatic Port Forwarding (see page 88), thereby facilitating communication over the Internet.
Once you have activated UPnP on the router you will see an icon for your Gigaset SE505 dsl/cable on the task bar of the PC's on which UPnP is installed. Windows XP systems will also include the icon under network connections. Clicking on this icon opens the Gigaset SE505 dsl/cable's configuration screens.
To activate the router's UPnP function:
◆In the LAN menu, select UPnP.
◆Activate UPnP.
◆Click on APPLY.
◆Aktivieren Sie UPnP.
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When the UPnP function is active, external system applications can assign and use Ports on a PC. This may pose a security threat so you should disable the UPnP function if you do not wish to use it.
PC's on which a UPnP application is currently running and the ports that are opened by the application are entered in the UPnP Port Forwarding list.
◆To view this list, select the Port Forwarding option on the Virtual server menu. The list is displayed in then bottom half of the screen.
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