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To enable UPnP, you must first have a WAN connection configured. Once the WAN connection
is configured, click Advanced and under Advanced, select UPnP. This will bring up the page
shown in Figure 13. You must enable UPnP and then select which connection will utilise UPnP.
In this case, the PPPoA connection is enabled.
Figure 13 (UPnP )
The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you
need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on
Save All.
4.6.2 Port Forwarding
Using the Port Forwarding page, you can provide local services (for example web hosting) for
people on the Internet or play Internet games. When users send this type of request to your
network via the Internet, the ADSL router will forward thos e requests to the appropriate computer.
Port forwarding can be used with DHCP assigned addresses but remember that a DHCP address
is dynamic not static. For example, if you were configuring a NetMeeting server, you would want
to assign this server a static IP address so that the IP address is not reassigned. Also remember
that if an Internet user is trying to access an Internet application, they must use the WAN IP
address. The port forwarding will translate the WAN IP address into a LAN IP address.
To configure a service, game or other application, select the external connection (for example the
Internet connection) from the Home page, click Advanced and under Advanced, select Port
Forwarding. Next, select the computer hosting the service and add the corresponding firewall
rule. If you want to add a custom application, select the User category, click New and fill in the
port, protocols and description for your application.