Configuring the Advanced Settings
Using UPnP (Universal Plug & Play)
PCs with UPnP (Universal Plug & Play) can offer their own network services and automatically use services offered on the network.
Note:
Check whether the UPnP function has been installed in your PC's operating system. If not, you may have to install your operating system's UPnP components. Please consult your PC operating instructions.
As soon as you have installed UPnP in the operating system of a PC and activated it on the router, applications on this PC (e.g. Microsoft Messenger) can communicate via the Internet without you needing to grant explicit authorisation. In this case, the router automatically implements Port Forwarding, see page 59, thereby facilitating communication via the Internet.
You will see a symbol for your Gigaset SE366 WLAN in the taskbar on the PC on which UPnP is installed. Windows XP systems will also include the icon under its Network Con- nections. Clicking this icon opens the Gigaset SE366 WLAN's configuration screens.
ìIn the Advanced Settings – Internet menu, select the entry Internet Connection.
ìSelect UPnP.
Note:
When the UPnP function is active, system applications can assign and use Ports on a PC. This can be a security risk.
ìClick OK to apply the settings.
IGMP proxy server
IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) enables a PC to report its membership of a multicast group to other PCs over the Internet. With multicasting, a PC can send content on the Internet to several other PCs that have registered an interest in the first computer's data and information.
ìActivate IGMP proxy server if you wish to use this function.
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