UPnP
Document revision 2.2 (Tue Mar 08 19:21:08 GMT 2005)
This document applies to MikroTik RouterOS V2.9
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Summary
Specifications
Description
Additional Documents
Enabling Universal Plug-n-Play
Property Description
Example
UPnP Interfaces
Property Description
Notes
Example
General Information
Summary
The MikroTik RouterOS supports Universal Plug and Play architecture for transparent peer-to-peer
network connectivity of personal computers and network-enabled intelligent devices or appliances.
UPnP builds enables these devices to automatically connect with one another and work together to
make networking possible for more people.
Specifications
Packages required: system
License required: level1
Home menu level: /ip upnp
Standards and Technologies: TCP/IP , HTTP , XML , IGD
Hardware usage: Not significant
Description
UPnP enables data communication between any two devices under the command of any control
device on the network. Universal Plug and Play is completely independent of any particular
physical medium. It supports networking with automatic discovery without any initial
configuration, whereby a device can dynamically join a network. DHCP and DNS servers are
optional and will be used if available on the network. UPnP implements simple yet powerfull NAT
traversal solution, that enables the client to get full peer-to-peer network support from behind the
NAT.
There are two interface types for UPnP: internal (the one local clients are connected to) and external
(the one the Internet is connected to). A router may only have one external interface with a 'public'
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