- Oct 9, 2002
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I noticed that my Seagate network HDD is responding to port 80 requests from WAN and displays a log-in page. My router (currently running Tomato firmware) shows that port 80 was opened through UPnP and forwarded to the network drive. I occasionally experiment with temporary web servers and such, so I sometimes need port 80 forwarded to another system/device on my LAN. It made me wonder:
I assume manually-configured port-forwarding overrides UPnP in any case (though I haven't tested it). Just curious if anyone knows more about this.
What does the router do when two UPnP LAN devices request the same WAN port? Are UPnP devices notified when there's a conflict with another UPnP device using the same port?
I assume manually-configured port-forwarding overrides UPnP in any case (though I haven't tested it). Just curious if anyone knows more about this.