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21-03-2023 04:32 PM
21-03-2023 04:50 PM - edited 21-03-2023 04:50 PM
Well anything that turns off UPnP gets my vote as it's a well known security risk.
Glad to read that you got it all sorted out.
21-03-2023 04:59 PM - edited 21-03-2023 05:00 PM
There is no way UPnP should cause those problems, but it's possible something on your LAN was using it and the settings being created were interfering with normal functions.
Turning it off may cause some problem with some things such as torrent clients.
You should see the rules created under Dynamic Port Mapping in the router. Those shown are for my torrent client.
11-05-2023 09:04 AM
Hi, Thanks for posting this - I had the same issue which I think started at in late March although i didn't notice until my antivirus flagged no windows updates had come through for over a month. Turning the router on and off resolved the issue ... after several hours of googling, turning things on and off, troubleshooters, and conversations with windows support trying to identify the problem!
11-05-2023 11:30 AM
No worries. I have since discovered that I did have another router present on my home netwirk that shouldn't have interferred with my Vodafone router as it was assigned a different address. I still get this annoying problem but it's not as bad as it was.
11-05-2023 03:43 PM
Another router on your network? So Double NAT then - and I'd guess that both routers were using the same subnet?
*Actually in this day and age I find it hard to believe that the networking providers haven't come up with a solution to Double NAT!
11-05-2023 03:45 PM
@CrimsonLiar I wonder, correct me if I am wrong, whether IPv6 does away with NAT-NAT.
11-05-2023 06:20 PM
I don't know! Initially, you'd think so, but the DHCPv6 still keeps a list of known clients and their MAC addresses, so there is potential for it to go wrong! For now I'll stick with I don't know!
12-06-2023 11:14 PM
Just to add that even after sorting out my network, I'm still having the problem. It doesn't appear to be as bad. Sometimes it fails on Windows 10 but works on 11 or both 10 and 11 fail. I'm now suspecting it's either the router or in the local internet as it uses BT for the service.
As it only takes a few minutes to reset the router, I'll just stick with it for the time being.