Prestige 623ME-T User’s Guide

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

8.2UPnP and ZyXEL

ZyXEL has achieved UPnP certification from the Universal Plug and Play Forum Creates UPnP™ Implementers Corp. (UIC). ZyXEL's UPnP implementation supports IGD 1.0 (Internet Gateway Device). At the time of writing ZyXEL's UPnP implementation supports Windows Messenger 4.6 and 4.7 while Windows Messenger 5.0 and Xbox are still being tested.

UPnP broadcasts are only allowed on the LAN.

See later sections for examples of installing UPnP in Windows XP and Windows Me as well as an example of using UPnP in Windows.

8.2.1 Configuring UPnP

From the Site Map in the main menu, click UPnP under Advanced Setup to display the screen shown next.

 

Figure 8-1 Configuring UPnP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

 

Table 8-1 Configuring UPnP

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Enable the Universal

Select this checkbox to activate UPnP. Be aware that anyone could use a UPnP

Plug and Play (UPnP)

application to open the web configurator's login screen without entering the

Service

Prestige's IP address (although you must still enter the password to access the

 

web configurator).

 

 

8-2

UPnP