The Upnp Screen - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

Chapter 8 Home Networking
Table 32 St at ic DHCP: Add/ Edit ( cont inued)
LABEL
Select Device I nfo
MAC Address
I P Address
Apply
Cancel

8.4 The UPnP Screen

Universal Plug and Play ( UPnP) is a dist ribut ed, open net working st andard t hat uses TCP/ I P for
sim ple peer- t o- peer net work connect ivit y bet ween devices. A UPnP device can dynam ically j oin a
net work, obt ain an I P address, convey it s capabilit ies and learn about ot her devices on t he net work.
I n t urn, a device can leave a net work sm oot hly and aut om at ically when it is no longer in use.
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Use t he following screen t o configure t he UPnP set t ings on your Device. Click N e t w or k Se t t in g >
H om e N e t w or k ing > UPn P t o display t he screen shown next .
Figure 54 Net work Set t ing > Hom e Net working > UPnP
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 33 Net work Set t ing > Hom e Net working > UPnP
LABEL
UPnP
UPnP NAT-T
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DESCRIPTION
I f you select M a nu a l I nput , you can m anually t ype in t he MAC address and I P address of
a com put er on your LAN. You can also choose t he nam e of a com put er from t he drop list
and have t he MAC Address and I P Address aut o- det ect ed.
I f you select M a n u a l I n pu t , ent er t he MAC address of a com put er on your LAN.
I f you select M a n u a l I n pu t , ent er t he I P address t hat you want t o assign t o t he
com put er on your LAN wit h t he MAC address t hat you will also specify.
Click Apply t o save your changes.
Click Ca n ce l t o exit t his screen wit hout saving.
for m ore inform at ion on UPnP .
DESCRIPTION
Select En a ble t o act ivat e UPnP . Be aware t hat anyone could use a UPnP applicat ion t o open
t he web configurat or's login screen wit hout ent ering t he Device's I P address ( alt hough you
m ust st ill ent er t he password t o access t he web configurat or) .
Select En a ble t o allow UPnP- enabled applicat ions t o aut om at ically configure t he Device so
t hat t hey can com m unicat e t hrough t he Device by using NAT t raversal. UPnP applicat ions
aut om at ically reserve a NAT forwarding port in order t o com m unicat e wit h anot her UPnP
enabled device; t his elim inat es t he need t o m anually configure port forwarding for t he UPnP
enabled applicat ion.
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