Universal Plug & Play - BEC MX-230 M1 User Manual

Device Configuration
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Access Management – UPnP
Universal Plug & Play
UPnP offers peer-to-peer network connectivity for PCs and other network devices, along with control
and data transfer between devices. UPnP offers many advantages for users running NAT routers
through UPnP NAT Traversal, and on supported systems makes tasks such as port forwarding much
easier by letting the application control the required settings, removing the need for the user to control
advanced configuration of their device.
Both the user's Operating System and the relevant application must support UPnP in addition to the
router.
UPnP: Select this checkbox to activate UPnP. Be aware that anyone could use an UPnP application
to open the web configuration's login screen without entering the MX-230 M1's IP address
Auto-configured: Select this check box to allow UPnP-enabled applications to automatically
configure the MX-230 M1 so that they can communicate through the MX-230 M1, 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.
Click Save to apply settings.
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