Vista - RE: UPNP Gatway / FolderShare Settings

11-12-2007

"340Dodge" wrote:

Quote:

> If the FolderShare server is down and not accepting connections, would this
> be indicated by the port status monitor, and if so, how? What should we
> expect to see in the event of failure, in the event of success? Why is there
> no information about the UPNP Gateway? If there isn't anything to be done
> with the UPNP Gateway, why even tell us about it? Where can I confirm if I
> have a UPNP Gateway, or get one to setup, or troubleshoot if it isn't present
> but is installed? Am I crazy, or is this really bad software design for a
> product that is out on the live stage? To that effect, if I am not crazy,
> when can we expect something that keeps us from hosing up our foldershare
> settings everytime the servers go down, because the first inclination for us
> lowly users is to figure something is wrong on our end and troubleshoot
> before digging. Digging hurts, takes time, and alot of us don't have alot of
> that to shell around. How bout it? Timely response much appreciated and any
> help to this effect whatsoever will be beneficial to a great many other folks
> who happen across this thread I would imagine, not just myself. Thanks in
> advance.
> --
> Dodge

UPnP is somewhat difficult to explain how to setup... using Foldershare as
an example, using Foldershare's UPnP feature will automatically open specific
ports on the router for Foldershare to work at the maximum performance that
it is able to.

The problem with UPnP is that some routers that come with UPnP abilities do
not have this feature enabled at first, and users need to configure this
themselves; another hit to UPnP is there is no universal way to enable it
from one product to another and one brand to another, besides searching the
documentation for that specific router for instructions on how to do so.

11-12-2007	#1 (permalink)
Robert G n/a posts	RE: UPNP Gatway / FolderShare Settings "340Dodge" wrote: Quote: > If the FolderShare server is down and not accepting connections, would this > be indicated by the port status monitor, and if so, how? What should we > expect to see in the event of failure, in the event of success? Why is there > no information about the UPNP Gateway? If there isn't anything to be done > with the UPNP Gateway, why even tell us about it? Where can I confirm if I > have a UPNP Gateway, or get one to setup, or troubleshoot if it isn't present > but is installed? Am I crazy, or is this really bad software design for a > product that is out on the live stage? To that effect, if I am not crazy, > when can we expect something that keeps us from hosing up our foldershare > settings everytime the servers go down, because the first inclination for us > lowly users is to figure something is wrong on our end and troubleshoot > before digging. Digging hurts, takes time, and alot of us don't have alot of > that to shell around. How bout it? Timely response much appreciated and any > help to this effect whatsoever will be beneficial to a great many other folks > who happen across this thread I would imagine, not just myself. Thanks in > advance. > -- > Dodge UPnP is somewhat difficult to explain how to setup... using Foldershare as an example, using Foldershare's UPnP feature will automatically open specific ports on the router for Foldershare to work at the maximum performance that it is able to. The problem with UPnP is that some routers that come with UPnP abilities do not have this feature enabled at first, and users need to configure this themselves; another hit to UPnP is there is no universal way to enable it from one product to another and one brand to another, besides searching the documentation for that specific router for instructions on how to do so.
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