Chapter 8 Home Networking

Cautions with UPnP

The automated nature of NAT traversal applications in establishing their own services and opening firewall ports may present network security issues. Network information and configuration may also be obtained and modified by users in some network environments.

When a UPnP device joins a network, it announces its presence with a multicast message. For security reasons, the AMG1312-T Series allows multicast messages on the LAN only.

All UPnP-enabled devices may communicate freely with each other without additional configuration. Disable UPnP if this is not your intention.

UPnP and ZyXEL

Sexual has achieved UPnP certification from the Universal Plug and Play Forum UPnP™ Implementers Corp. (UIC). ZyXEL's UPnP implementation supports Internet Gateway Device (IGD) 1.0.

Finding Out More

See Section 8.8 on page 128 for technical background information on LANs.

8.1.3 Before You Begin

Find out the MAC addresses of your network devices if you intend to add them to the DHCP Client List screen.

8.2 The LAN Setup Screen

Use this screen to set the Local Area Network IP address, subnet mask and advanced networking settings such as RIP, multicast of your AMG1312-T Series. Click Network Setting > Home Networking to open the LAN Setup screen.

 

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