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

Chapter 8 Home Networking
Table 32 Static DHCP: Add/Edit (continued)
LABEL
Select Device Info
MAC Address
IP Address
Apply
Cancel

8.4 The UPnP Screen

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a distributed, open networking standard that uses TCP/IP for
simple peer-to-peer network connectivity between devices. A UPnP device can dynamically join a
network, obtain an IP address, convey its capabilities and learn about other devices on the network.
In turn, a device can leave a network smoothly and automatically when it is no longer in use.
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Use the following screen to configure the UPnP settings on your Device. Click Network Setting >
Home Networking > UPnP to display the screen shown next.
Figure 54 Network Setting > Home Networking > UPnP
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 33 Network Setting > Home Networking > UPnP
LABEL
UPnP
UPnP NAT-T
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DESCRIPTION
If you select Manual Input, you can manually type in the MAC address and IP address of
a computer on your LAN. You can also choose the name of a computer from the drop list
and have the MAC Address and IP Address auto-detected.
If you select Manual Input, enter the MAC address of a computer on your LAN.
If you select Manual Input, enter the IP address that you want to assign to the
computer on your LAN with the MAC address that you will also specify.
Click Apply to save your changes.
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
for more information on UPnP.
DESCRIPTION
Select Enable to activate UPnP. Be aware that anyone could use a UPnP application to open
the web configurator's login screen without entering the Device's IP address (although you
must still enter the password to access the web configurator).
Select Enable to allow UPnP-enabled applications to automatically configure the Device so
that they can communicate through the Device 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.
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