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=== UPnP === | === UPnP === | ||
- | Universal Plug and Play is a controversial protocol that allows fully dynamic (automatic) port mapping from LAN IP addresses onto the Internet. It has been criticized for its poor security. With UPnP, each network program maps its own ports automatically. In the screenshot below, WhatsApp has mapped certain ports on the WAN IP/ | + | Universal Plug and Play is a controversial protocol that allows fully dynamic (automatic) port mapping from LAN IP addresses onto the Internet. It has been criticized for its poor security. |
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+ | With UPnP, each network program maps its own ports automatically. In the screenshot below, WhatsApp has mapped certain ports on the WAN IP/ | ||
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=== NAT-PMP === | === NAT-PMP === | ||
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- | **Cleaning Threshold: | + | **Cleaning Threshold: |
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- | **Secure Mode**: | + | **Secure Mode**: |
In other words, the client is only allowed to map an incoming port to its own IP address, not to another address. | In other words, the client is only allowed to map an incoming port to its own IP address, not to another address. | ||
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- | **Enable on:** | + | **Enable on:** this allows you to enable UPnp/NATPMP only on certain VLANs. |
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- | **Show in My Network Places: | + | **Show in My Network Places: |
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- | **Miniupnpd custom config: | + | **Miniupnpd custom config: |
In the image above, all UPnP requests/ | In the image above, all UPnP requests/ | ||