Windows 10: Do I Have to Restart My Device or Router if I Change UPnP Settings?

I have UPnP disabled on my router settings, but sometimes I would like to play Destiny 2 on my PC which means I obviously need what UPnP provides; I am aware port forwarding is an easier solution, but I prefer to follow this process-go to my router settings, enable UPnP-restart Steam, open the game, and play-when I'm done, go back into my router settings and disable UPnP againis that all it takes for UPnP to enable and disable in real time or is restarting the entire device, or entire router/modem necessary every time?I ask because I did this for the first time last night when I suddenly felt

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Router Will Not Recognise Device

I Have a Linksys WRT300W wireless-N router and it will not recognize my PS3 as a device. The PS3 is connected to the internet and functioning through it, but i am trying to share my music library with the PS3 Via Windows media player 11 and it needs to be recognized as a sharing device by the router. when the PS3 is connecting it says uPnP unavailable, but it is enabled in the router settings.

That is my diagnostic, anyone have any idea whats up?

 

Router settings, upnp enabled by mistake

Hello,

I'm using a Netgear router which is configured to email logs to me once a day. We have been away from this residence with internet and router off for a few months. When we returned, I was having trouble with internet access, and at one point it looked like the router might be the issue. I had tried restoring settings from a previous backup as part of troubleshooting, and I failed to take a close look at those settings. Internet access was restored after some efforts from myself and the ISP. I have one Windows 10 laptop, 3 apple devices, and a printer, all wireless. I have difficult passwords for router admin access and wireless network access. Guest network is off. I have never used port triggering or port forwarding, have never been involved in torrents. Remote access to the router has never been on.

For the past few days since we have been back at this residence and using this internet connection, I saw items in the router logs that I hadn't seen before and I now wish I had paid more attention. These are:

[LAN access from remote] from....and then IP addresses and ports to the Windows 10 laptop. Some of the IP addresses are Microsoft. There are others, however, that are not, and these concern me. There is one from Taiwan, a couple from addresses in the U.S. (I am in the U.S.), and one from Greece. I've checked on the IP addresses in yesterday's log, and they are Spamhaus blacklisted. These connections were to port 57294.

I did some research into this and I have since disabled UpnP in the router settings. These LAN access from remote entries stopped once I did that. A check with speedguide.net which I did just now (with Upnp on the router now disabled) shows that port is now filtered. I don't know if it was before I disabled Upnp.

I use Windows Defender and the Windows firewall. I have Hitman Pro Alert always on. I have scanned the laptop with Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro. Hitman Pro always shows an Ask.com entry for the Chrome browser, but it's just an empty web data file. There's no toolbar involved. No malware has been found. I included the rootkit scan in the Malwarebytes scan.

This laptop is used for banking and I have logged into bank accounts in the past week.

Do I need to be concerned about malware or security compromise?

 

Teredo and UPnP on Windows 10

Hi,

If you encounter issues wherein the Xbox app server connectivity is blocked even if your
Network address translation (NAT) type is open, this may be due to one of the following reasons:

• The Windows Firewall is disabled.
• A security software installed on your device has altered the Windows Firewall configuration.
• A required service has been disabled or stopped.

We suggest enabling the Windows Firewall. Here are the steps:

• Enter Windows Firewall in the search field on your toolbar (Cortana).
• Select Windows Firewall from the search results.
• On the left side of the window, select Turn Windows Firewall on or off.
• If Turn off Windows Firewall is selected for your network type (public, private, or domain), select
  Turn on Windows Firewall, and then select OK.
• Restart your device so that the changes can take effect.

UPnP is not a requirement for Teredo to work. However, we recommend that the
UPnP settings is on. The best team to get an in-depth explanation regarding this is your
Internet service provider.

Keep us posted with the progress. We'd be glad to provide you additional assistance.