LevelOne WAP-6150 - Manual (Page 31)

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Afterwards, click on “Save” to store your settings or click “Undo” to give up the
changes.
3.2.2 Management
3.2.2.1 UPNP
UPnP Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Standardized Device Control Protocol is a NAT
port mapping protocol and is supported by some NAT routers. It is a common
communication protocol of automatically configuring port forwarding. Applications
using peer-to-peer networks, multiplayer gaming, and remote assistance programs
need a way to communicate through home and business gateways. Without IGD one
has to manually configure the gateway to allow traffic through, a process which is
error prone and time consuming
This device supports the UPnP Internet Gateway Device (IGD) feature. By default, it
is enabled.
3.2.2.2 SNMP
In brief, SNMP, the Simple Network Management Protocol, is a protocol designed to
give a user the capability to remotely manage a computer network by polling and
setting terminal values and monitoring network events.