From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rob Sterenborg" Subject: RE: Anybody heard about UP&P ? Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:34:31 +0100 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <20040220203434.31CBB3A0@sterenborg.info> References: <739652C2AFA4834AAB5986A215F68CEC0165A9@svr1.home.compsup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <739652C2AFA4834AAB5986A215F68CEC0165A9@svr1.home.compsup.net> Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org > UPNP means Universal Plug'n'Play. I guess WinXP looks to=20 > automagically reconfigure the NAT rules via upnp. >=20 > No idea about the netfilter stuff myself I'm afraid. >=20 > > From: Marc Recht=E9 [mailto:mrechte@randodetente.org] > >=20 > > To enable remote assistance from Internet of a WinXP PC on=20 > a LAN using=20 > > NAT one must have a UP&P NAT compatible router. > >=20 > > Can Netfilter act as such a router, and if so do you have=20 > an idea of=20 > > the chain to apply ? Netfilter doesn't do UPnP. Maybe you can use this information : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;q301529 http://www.pccitizen.com/remotecontrol.htm#C.%20XP%20Remote%20Assistance/= Rem ote%20Control It says something about "opening up port 3389" but I don't know if it's = tcp, udp or both... I think that in your case you have to forward the packets coming in from this port to your WinXP box. Gr, Rob