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devices (such as routers, televisions, stereo systems, game
consoles, and cellular phone), to be controlled via an IP-based
network with or without a central control through a gateway.
UPnP connects PCs of all form factors, providing a seamless
network for remote conguration and data transfer. Using
UPnP, a new network device is discovered automatically.
Once connected to the network, devices can be remotely
congured to support P2P applications, interactive gaming,
video conferencing, and web or proxy servers. Unlike Port
forwarding, which involves manually conguring port settings,
UPnP automatically congures the router to accept incoming
connections and direct requests to a specic PC on the local
network.
• Connect to DNS Server: Allows this router to get the DNS
IP address from the ISP automatically. A DNS is a host on the
Internet that translates Internet names to numeric IP addresses.
• Authentication: This item may be specied by some ISPs.
Check with your ISP and ll them in if required.
• Host Name: This eld allows you to provide a host name for
your router. It is usually a special requirement from your ISP.
If your ISP assigned a host name to your computer, enter the
host name here.
• MAC Address: MAC (Media Access Control) address is a unique
identier for your networking device. Some ISPs monitor the
MAC address of networking devices that connect to their
service and reject any unrecognized device that attempt to
connect. To avoid connection issues due to an unregistered
MAC address, you can:
• Contact your ISP and update the MAC address associated
with your ISP service.
• Clone or change the MAC address of the ASUS wired router
to match the MAC address of the previous networking device
recognized by the ISP.