Windows uPnP

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A mate of mine has a router which has been flashed by his ISP and sent to him. (It is a Netgear DG834GT)

It appears to have had the Port forwarding section removed. He said it is in the manual he downloaded but not in the menu of the router.

They have however left uPnP enabled on it - which will enable him to forward ports on it through Windows.

Past experience of this, suggests once you shut down or reboot the windows machine which has forwarded the ports, they are removed from the router. This is all from memory, I am not at a machine with a uPnP link on it.

Is this right ? Is there a way to get the Port rules to stay after Windows is rebooted - or at least enabled automatically when the machine is fired up ?
 
there is no straight forward port forwarding section on an 834GT. You have to add the ports you want under 'services', then add them as rules on the incoming firewall.
 
Yes I think that may be it - I'll have to take a look at his router...

Thanks


Still interested to know if anyone knows how to get Windows to keep its uPnP rules after a reboot though...
 
Pinkeyes said:
Still interested to know if anyone knows how to get Windows to keep its uPnP rules after a reboot though...

My WRT54GS running DD-WRT keeps the uPnP mappings for a machine when its rebooted; they seem to disappear after a long-ish perioid of inactivity.
 
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