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Make Xbox Online Games Run Smoothly by UPnP, Router

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Done! 5. Click Save to save the settings. The configuration is completed. You've set your PC to a DMZ host and now you can make a team to game with other players. 6. 4. Make Xbox Online Games Run Smoothly by UPnP UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol allows the applications or host devices to automatically find the front-end NAT device and send request to it to open the corresponding ports. With UPnP enabled, the applications or host devices in the both sides of NAT device can freely communicate with each other realizing the seamless connection of the network. You may need to enable the UPnP if you want to use applications for multiplayer gaming, peer-to-peer connections, real-time communication (such as VoIP or telephone conference) or remote assistance, etc. Tips: 1. UPnP is enabled by default in this router. 2. Only the application supporting UPnP protocol can use this feature. 3. UPnP feature needs the support of operating system (e.g. Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ Windows 8, etc. Some of operating system need to install the UPnP components). For example, When you connect your Xbox to the router which has connected to the Internet to play online games, UPnP will send request to the router to open the corresponding ports allowing the following data penetrating the NAT to transmit. Therefore, you can play Xbox online games without a hitch. LAN WAN Xbox Router If necessary, you can follow the steps to change the status of UPnP. 1. Visit http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the username and password you set for the router; 2. Go to Advanced > NAT Forwarding > UPnP and toggle on or off according to your needs. Chapter 6 . NAT Forwarding 24

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Chapter 6 °
NAT Forwarding
5. Click
Save
to save the settings.
The configuration is completed. You’ve set your PC to a DMZ host and now you can make a team to
game with other players.
6. 4.
Make Xbox Online Games Run Smoothly by UPnP
UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol allows the applications or host devices to automatically find the front-end NAT device
and send request to it to open the corresponding ports. With UPnP enabled, the applications or host devices in the both sides
of NAT device can freely communicate with each other realizing the seamless connection of the network. You may need to
enable the UPnP if you want to use applications for multiplayer gaming, peer-to-peer connections, real-time communication
(such as VoIP or telephone conference) or remote assistance, etc.
Tips:
1.
UPnP is enabled by default in this router.
2.
Only the application supporting UPnP protocol can use this feature.
3.
UPnP feature needs the support of operating system (e.g. Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ Windows 8, etc. Some of operating system
need to install the UPnP components).
For example,
When you connect your Xbox to the router which has connected to the Internet to play online games, UPnP
will send request to the router to open the corresponding ports allowing the following data penetrating the NAT to transmit.
Therefore, you can play Xbox online games without a hitch.
Router
Xbox
LAN
WAN
If necessary, you can follow the steps to change the status of UPnP.
1.
Visit
http://tplinkwifi.net
, and log in with the username and password you set for the router;
2.
Go to
Advanced
>
NAT Forwarding
>
UPnP
and toggle on or off according to your needs.
Done!