Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

Figure 12-1 Configuring UPnP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

 

Table 12-1 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 Prestige'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 Prestige so that they can communicate through the Prestige, for

through UPnP

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 Prestige.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

UPnP

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