help! regarding windows firewall, the UPnP Framework option

crimean SG

in the windows firewall, theres an exception tab...

in it, theres 'UPnP Framework'...

so should it be checked or unchecked? what are the consequences of checked and unchecked options?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

UPnP is usually use for P2P programs.

If you use P2P, leave it unchecked. If you don't use P2P, check it.

UPnP IS NOT Plug n Play. UPnP is a computer network protocol.

http://www.upnp.org/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457049.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play

crimean SG

Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:
UPnP is usually use for P2P programs.

If you use P2P, leave it unchecked. If you don't use P2P, check it.

UPnP [b]IS NOT Plug n Play. UPnP is a computer network protocol.

http://www.upnp.org/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457049.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play[/b]

but if leave unchecked, means it will be blocked by windows firewall leh.

so if i use bitTornado, should leave it checked or unchecked???

^tamago^ SG

ownself test see speed got drop or not. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Try both and see what happens. I don't use P2P.

LatecomerX SG

Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

Try both and see what happens. I don't use P2P.

Sure bo?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Ya. P2P is not my friend. Quite slow, and I hated configuring and re-configuring all my other settings. The only one time I used it was when I downloaded Ubuntu. For some reason, HTTP or FTP wouldn't work, so I used a torrent instead.

^tamago^ SG

I use HTTP exclusively. Laughing

wishboy SG

i always thought it was some plug and play crap
now then i realise Laughing

LatecomerX SG

Slow as in download speed or that the torrent client is hogging on computer resources? The former depends on the seed to leecher (downloaders) ratio of the torrent, whereas if you mean the latter - use uTorrent. =D

And what settings do you refer to?

LatecomerX SG

The best things in life are free - as torrents. XD

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Download speed. Torrent client isn't really hogging my system resources, despite it being a P2 machine.

Considering that a popular Linux distro has so many seeds and took me one whole night to download, it's slow.

HTTP/FTP with an accelerator at the most take me 1 hour or slightly more.

And settings refer to my security settings. Router, re-configure for port fowarding plus allow the client to get through.

Firewall - basically, it's ringing because it's connected to hundreds of PCs.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Free is good, but torrents no. Laughing