Western Digital My Net N750 User Manual - Page 75

Configuring UPnP, Enabling Port Forwarding, To enable UPnP, Advanced Settings icon

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PERFORMING ADVANCED TASKS Configuring UPnP UPnP enables networked devices to discover each other and start working together on a network. To enable UPnP: 1. Click the Advanced Settings icon and then the Additional Features icon. 2. Click the Network UPnP tab. 3. To enable UPnP, toggle the UPnP IGD button to On. (UPnP is enabled by default.) 4. Click Save. Enabling Port Forwarding On a private network, port forwarding maps Internet traffic coming into a specific port to a specific device on your LAN like a web server. Port forwarding is useful, for example, when you host a game to which others want to connect. Instead of their being blocked because of the router's network address translation (NAT), port forwarding allows their information to come through. To create port forwarding rules: 1. Click the Advanced Settings icon and then the Additional Settings icon. 2. Click the Port Forwarding tab. MY NET ROUTERS 71 USER MANUAL

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PERFORMING ADVANCED TASKS
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MY NET ROUTERS
USER MANUAL
Configuring UPnP
UPnP enables networked devices to discover each other and start working together on a
network.
To enable UPnP:
1.
Click the
Advanced Settings icon
and then the
Additional Features
icon.
2.
Click the
Network UPnP
tab.
3.
To enable UPnP, toggle the
UPnP IGD
button to
On
. (UPnP is enabled by default.)
4.
Click
Save
.
Enabling Port Forwarding
On a private network, port forwarding maps Internet traffic coming into a specific port to a
specific device on your LAN like a web server. Port forwarding is useful, for example, when
you host a game to which others want to connect. Instead of their being blocked because of
the router's network address translation (NAT), port forwarding allows their information to
come through.
To create port forwarding rules:
1.
Click the
Advanced Settings icon
and then the
Additional Settings
icon.
2.
Click the
Port Forwarding
tab.