If you've decided to eliminate UPnP, you'll need to access your router. You'll do this often, as you'll need to revisit it every time you need to forward a new port (i.e., when you connect new devices to your network). We covered disabling UPnP in oursimple tips to secure your...
This led to the invention ofNetwork Address Translation (NAT), which essentially makes your home network devices look like they have static IPs to services on the internet when you really only have one IPV4 address of your router. But it was still a pain to set up, so UPnP (Universal Plu...
My network (including many other IOT devices without their own firewalls) is protected by my Eero router's firewall including no uPNP, no port forwarding and screening of all URL's any device seeks to contact via Eero plus. I therefore see no advantage to ...
As for the don’ts, make sure you haven’t enabled port-forwarding on your router, as leaving local ports open can make your NAS vulnerable to threats. If you’re extremely conscious of the security of your NAS, you should consider disabling UPnP as well. 8DDNS is a godsend for your r...
‘go off on one’, I once again need to reiterate that my issue with the 2GB memory is not exactly the amount – 2GB of DDR4 memory (at 2666Mhz) will run DSM 7.1/7.2 vert well and in my full review I was able to run pretty much all the applications with this memory, thanks to...
If you've decided to eliminate UPnP, you'll need to access your router. You'll do this often, as you'll need to revisit it every time you need to forward a new port (i.e., when you connect new devices to your network).