ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual Configuring UPnP, Installing UPnP in Windows Example

HomeSafe User’s Guide

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.

Please see later in this User’s Guide for examples of installing UPnP in Windows XP and Windows Me as well as an example of using UPnP in Windows.

11.3 Configuring UPnP

Click UPnP to display the screen shown next.

	Figure 11-1 Configuring UPnP
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
	Table 11-1 Configuring UPnP
LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Enable the Universal Plug	Select this checkbox to activate UPnP. Be aware that anyone could use a
and Play (UPnP) feature	UPnP application to open the web configurator's login screen without entering
	the HomeSafe's IP address (although you must still enter the password to
	access the web configurator).
Allow users to make	Select this check box to allow UPnP-enabled applications to automatically
configuration changes	configure the HomeSafe so that they can communicate through the
through UPnP	HomeSafe, for example by using NAT traversal, UPnP applications
	automatically reserve a NAT forwarding port in order to communicate with
	another UPnP enabled device; this eliminates the need to manually configure
	port forwarding for the UPnP enabled application.
Allow UPnP to pass	Select this check box to allow traffic from UPnP-enabled applications to
through firewall	bypass the firewall.
	Clear this check box to have the firewall block all UPnP application packets
	(for example, MSN packets).
Apply	Click Apply to save your changes back to the HomeSafe.
Reset	Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

11.4 Installing UPnP in Windows Example

This section shows how to install UPnP in Windows Me and Windows XP.

11-2 UPnP