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BGW210-700 UPnP Disabled by Default?
I have been reading best practices to secure a router. One is to have UPnP disabled.
Is it automatically disabled on the BGW210? How can I tell? I don’t do gaming and don’t need any port forwarding that I know of.
And if someone can explain “port forwarding” that would be helpful to as I don’t really know what it means.
And any other tips to lock down and secure the router/network as much as possible are welcome! Thank you!
davemize
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4 years ago
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is disabled by default on all AT&T gateways, due to the security risks posed by the protocol. If you need the benefits of UPnP, you'll have to put your own router behind the AT&T gateway to support it.
For information on port forwarding, take a look here. You should select your gateway model from the drop down.
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