Difference between revisions of "Universal Plug and Play"
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'''Universal Plug and Play (uPnP)''' is a new feature of [[aMule]] (CVS) which allows you to automatically configure the ports on your router, provided your router supports uPnP. This functionality is still being tested and should appear soon in an official release. | '''Universal Plug and Play (uPnP)''' is a new feature of [[aMule]] (CVS) which allows you to automatically configure the ports on your router, provided your router supports uPnP. This functionality is still being tested and should appear soon in an official release. | ||
| − | To use uPnP, you will need to install an external library, '''libupnp'''. It is highly recommended that you use libupnp version 1.4.1. You can download the source tarball from the project page at sourceforge [http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/] or install one of the packages available for various distros. | + | To use uPnP, you will need to install an external library, '''libupnp'''. It is highly recommended that you use libupnp version 1.4.1. |
| + | '''Note''': since aMule 2.2.1 you need version 1.6.x of libupnp. | ||
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| + | You can download the source tarball from the project page at sourceforge [http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/] or install one of the packages available for various distros. | ||
'''OpenSuse 10.2''' by [http://forum.amule.org/profile.php?userid=5567 Gerd78] | '''OpenSuse 10.2''' by [http://forum.amule.org/profile.php?userid=5567 Gerd78] | ||
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'''Fedora Core 4, 5 and 6''' | '''Fedora Core 4, 5 and 6''' | ||
* libupnp is included in Fedora Extras. | * libupnp is included in Fedora Extras. | ||
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| + | '''Slackware 12.x''' | ||
| + | * [http://www.slacky.eu http://www.slacky.eu] | ||
== External link == | == External link == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play "Universal Plug and Play"] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play "Universal Plug and Play"] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:21, 13 July 2008
Universal Plug and Play (uPnP) is a new feature of aMule (CVS) which allows you to automatically configure the ports on your router, provided your router supports uPnP. This functionality is still being tested and should appear soon in an official release.
To use uPnP, you will need to install an external library, libupnp. It is highly recommended that you use libupnp version 1.4.1. Note: since aMule 2.2.1 you need version 1.6.x of libupnp.
You can download the source tarball from the project page at sourceforge [1] or install one of the packages available for various distros.
OpenSuse 10.2 by Gerd78
Ubuntu
- Included in Ubuntu repos
Fedora Core 4, 5 and 6
- libupnp is included in Fedora Extras.
Slackware 12.x
