UPnP NAT

Hi all

I have a box running Fedora Core 3 connected to my ADSL modem (DLink
DSL-302G) and acting as a NAT for the Windows XP machines on the LAN. It
also provides DNS, but is basically transparent. I'm using iptables to do
the necessary translation.

Some Windows applications don't like it, reporting that I'm running through
a non UPnP NAT, and refuse to connect; MSN messengers voice connection,
WinMX, the Azareus bittorrent client for example all report a non UPnP
conection. Skype can figure it out and works perfectly though.

My question is, what is UPnP? Can I make this setup a little more
transparent to the clients?

Many thanks
Rob

Robert Murphy wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have a box running Fedora Core 3 connected to my ADSL modem (DLink
> DSL-302G) and acting as a NAT for the Windows XP machines on the LAN. It
> also provides DNS, but is basically transparent. I'm using iptables to do
> the necessary translation.
>
> Some Windows applications don't like it, reporting that I'm running through
> a non UPnP NAT, and refuse to connect; MSN messengers voice connection,
> WinMX, the Azareus bittorrent client for example all report a non UPnP
> conection. Skype can figure it out and works perfectly though.
>
> My question is, what is UPnP? Can I make this setup a little more
> transparent to the clients?

Surely you've heard of google?

http://www.google.com/search?&q=upnp...ll&btnG=Search

prg

"Robert Murphy" <okami1,westnet,com,au> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> I have a box running Fedora Core 3 connected to my ADSL modem (DLink
> DSL-302G) and acting as a NAT for the Windows XP machines on the LAN. It
> also provides DNS, but is basically transparent. I'm using iptables to do
> the necessary translation.
>
> Some Windows applications don't like it, reporting that I'm running
> through a non UPnP NAT, and refuse to connect; MSN messengers voice
> connection, WinMX, the Azareus bittorrent client for example all report a
> non UPnP conection. Skype can figure it out and works perfectly though.
>
> My question is, what is UPnP? Can I make this setup a little more
> transparent to the clients?
>
> Many thanks
> Rob
>


To answer my own question for anyone interested
http://upnp.sourceforge.net/#downloads
http://linux-igd.sourceforge.net/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u..._02july22.mspx