From: "Geo" 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:433d860d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Me confused? Impossible .  I saw once on my wife's XP box that XP will
do
> uPnP with the router, assuming its turned on at the router and in XP.  I
> keep it turned off in both places because I didn't want her XP computer
> deciding what ports to open or close on the router.  Am I mistaking XP's
> abilities in this area?

The last thing I would want is XP making decisions on what I *really*
wanted my firewall and router settings to be.. imo, if you let XP control
your firewall or router you ARE confused. 

Geo.

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5