ZyXEL Communications P-2302HW manual Using Universal Plug n Play UPnP, What is UPnP

Prestige 2302 Support Notes

Using Universal Plug n Play (UPnP)

•1. What is UPnP

UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) allows you to easily connect to and manage computers, network printers, appliance, wireless devices and other UPnP-capable devices over a home or office network using TCP/IP and web services. UPnP is supported on the latest Windows operating systems and works in both the wired and wireless networks.

UPnP also supports NAT Traversal which solves the connection problem for NAT-unfriendly applications. In UPnP, applications are assigned dynamic port mappings on an Internet gateway. The mappings are temporary as they are deleted when the connection is established.

The following lists and describes the components in a UPnP communication setup.

•Devices: Network devices, such as networking gateways, TV, refrigerators, printers...etc, which provides services.

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