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7 NETWORK SERVICES
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7.2 Assigning services (HTTP, FTP,...) to a computer
Introduction
The MediaAccess Gateway is designed to allow you to use one Internet connection for all devices that are connected to
your local network. This means that all your local devices share one public IP address as if only one local host would be
connected to the Internet.
Issue
When the MediaAccess Gateway receives an incoming message, the MediaAccess Gateway has to decide to which
computer it has to send this message.
If the incoming message is a response to an outgoing message originating from one of your computers, the MediaAccess
Gateway sends the incoming message to this computer.
If your are running a server or an application that acts as a server (for example a HTTP server, Internet game), the initial
message will come from the Internet and the MediaAccess Gateway has no information to decide to which computer it
should forward the incoming message.
Solution
To avoid this problem you can do either of the following:
Enable UPnP.
Assign a game or application to a local networking device.
UPnP
UPnP is a technology that enables seamless operation of a wide range of games and messaging applications. Your computer
will use UPnP to communicate to the MediaAccess Gateway which services are running on the computer.
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