Help with UPnP

[johnnyBlazed]

if universal plug and play is installed in network services in Windows XP your network connections box should appear like this. but mine looks like this. The net gateway is missing

i even doubled checked to make sure UPnP and Internet Gateway Device and Control Client is installed in add/remove Windows components

and made sure that UPnP is activated in my router's setup

how do i get the internet gateway to appear so that i can set up port fowarding?

note: the router has the latest version of firmware installed too (not sure if that matters)

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: johnnyBlazed
if universal plug and play is installed in network services in Windows XP your network connections box should appear like this. but mine looks like this. The net gateway is missing

i even doubled checked to make sure UPnP and Internet Gateway Device and Control Client is installed in add/remove Windows components

and made sure that UPnP is activated in my router's setup

how do i get the internet gateway to appear so that i can set up port fowarding?

note: the router has the latest version of firmware installed too (not sure if that matters)

When I set up port forwarding, I just use my router settings under " Port Forwarding " header. Granted I am using a Netgear 811V2 wireless router and not a linksys. I am suprised the Linksys router doesn't have it?

pcgeek11

 

[johnnyBlazed]

Originally posted by: pcgeek11

Originally posted by: johnnyBlazed
if universal plug and play is installed in network services in Windows XP your network connections box should appear like this. but mine looks like this. The net gateway is missing

i even doubled checked to make sure UPnP and Internet Gateway Device and Control Client is installed in add/remove Windows components

and made sure that UPnP is activated in my router's setup

how do i get the internet gateway to appear so that i can set up port fowarding?

note: the router has the latest version of firmware installed too (not sure if that matters)

When I set up port forwarding, I just use my router settings under " Port Forwarding " header. Granted I am using a Netgear 811V2 wireless router and not a linksys. I am suprised the Linksys router doesn't have it?

pcgeek11

i was talking about setting up port forwarding in the Windows XP network settings. this can only be done through the advanced settings of your internet conection gateway. port forwarding through the router is done through the router settings which is separate from port forwarding in network settings.

the internet gateway finally came up under network connections . . . it only took 8 restarts for it to appear :roll:
all this work to run emule properly, *sigh

at least all is well now