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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.
  
== External link ==
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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.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play "Universal Plug and Play"]
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== The right libupnp for aMule ==
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It is highly recommended to use libupnp version 1.4.1.
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You can download the source tarball at the [http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge project page].
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There are some user made packages available:
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'''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'''
* Fedora Core libupnp packager (Eric Tangui) has updated the package to the last library version, so please, use the official distribution package.
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* libupnp is included in Fedora Extras.
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== External link ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play "Universal Plug and Play"]

Revision as of 16:21, 13 January 2007

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 [1] or install one of the packages available for various distros.

OpenSuse 10.2 by Gerd78

Ubuntu 6.10 by Wuischke

Fedora Core 4, 5 and 6

  • libupnp is included in Fedora Extras.

External link