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Getting the Most Out of Your Thomson Gateway

4.1

Universal Plug and Play

Introduction

UPnP is designed to automate the installation and configuration of a (small) network as much as possible.
This means that UPnP-capable devices can join and leave a network without any effort of a network
administrator.

Supported Operating Systems

Following operating systems support UPnP:

Windows Vista

Windows XP

UPnP and the Thomson Gateway

With UPnP you can:

Access the

Thomson Gateway Web Interface

without having to open the

Thomson Gateway Web

Interface

. For more information, see

Accessing Your Thomson Gateway with UPnP

.

Connect/disconnect without having to open the

Thomson Gateway Web Interface

.

For more information, see

Managing your Internet connection with UPnP

.

Automatic port configuration for UPnP-enabled games and applications. You do not have to create port to
run services on a computer. If the application is UPnP-enabled, UPnP will create these entries
automatically. For more information, see

Assigning a service (HTTP, FTP,...) to a computer

.

If your computer is running Windows XP, you first have to install the UPnP component. For more
information, see

“4.1.4 Installing UPnP on Windows XP” on page 29

.