Thread: Zhaan - what is it?
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zgold550 is offline zgold550
2010-04-27 , 17:29
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#7
Originally Posted by teh View Post
UPnP doesn't just cover opening ports on a router. Its "Universal Plug and Play".

In my house I have an internet radio that will connect to my pc via upnp and stream media to it, and my N82 used to stream media to my mates Sony Television via UPnP
UPnP has a notion of classes. Several of these classes include Servers, Renderers etc. UPnP also has classes for controlling routers, so yes, UPnP can be used to open ports on a router.