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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed for DHCP?
Is this optional network item:
Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client Necessary for DHCP to function on XP-SP3 ? What exactly won't the system be able to do if that item is un-installed? |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed for DHCP?
From: "XP Guy"
Is this optional network item: Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client Necessary for DHCP to function on XP-SP3 ? What exactly won't the system be able to do if that item is un-installed? No. TRhat's SSDP and uPnP and will allow the desktop client to communicate with the Router such that certain programs can communicate to Internet resources through NAT. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed forDHCP?
"David H. Lipman" wrote:
Is this optional network item: Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client Necessary for DHCP to function on XP-SP3 ? What exactly won't the system be able to do if that item is un-installed? No. TRhat's SSDP and uPnP and will allow the desktop client to communicate with the Router such that certain programs can communicate to Internet resources through NAT. I ask again: What loss of functionality would I experience if I uninstalled the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" ? What class of network devices would I experience difficulty or complete inability to communicate with or use if I uninstalled that client? Printers? Network shared resources? What - WHAT ?! |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed for DHCP?
From: "XP Guy"
| "David H. Lipman" wrote: | Is this optional network item: Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client Necessary for DHCP to function on XP-SP3 ? What exactly won't the system be able to do if that item is un-installed? No. TRhat's SSDP and uPnP and will allow the desktop client to communicate with the Router such that certain programs can communicate to Internet resources through NAT. | | I ask again: | | What loss of functionality would I experience if I uninstalled | the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" ? | | What class of network devices would I experience difficulty or complete | inability to communicate with or use if I uninstalled that client? | Printers? Network shared resources? What - WHAT ?! The loss whould be control of software that allows some programs to work through a NAT Router. In short, you should NOT be disabling services unless you have a thorough understanding of the consequences and what other services may have depencencies on a different service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_...overy_Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upnp -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed forDHCP?
"David H. Lipman" wrote:
| What loss of functionality would I experience if I uninstalled | the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" ? | | What class of network devices would I experience difficulty or | complete inability to communicate with or use if I uninstalled | that client? Printers? Network shared resources? What - WHAT ?! The loss whould be control of software that allows some programs to work through a NAT Router. So configuring the port-forwarding on a router could not be done "automagically"? So something like a bit-torrent client would be a bit harder to set up? I assume that software that needs to change the settings on XP's internal firewall is not impacted by the presence or absense of the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" (IGDDCC) service - yes? I mean really - what other commonly-used software needs to fiddle with the settings of a residential gateway or router? And in a commercial or corporate / institutional setting, is there a compelling reason or need for this IGDDCC function/service to be running on a user desktop computer / workstation? |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed forDHCP?
XP Guy wrote:
| What loss of functionality would I experience if I uninstalled | the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" ? I am configuring a new XP-Master hard drive and this is the reason why I'm putting some effort to take all the garbage out of it before I start cloning it. I un-installed this Gateway Discovery piece of garbage and the system doesn't even miss it. |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed for DHCP?
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:59:57 -0500, XP Guy wrote:
"David H. Lipman" wrote: The loss whould be control of software that allows some programs to work through a NAT Router. So configuring the port-forwarding on a router could not be done "automagically"? So something like a bit-torrent client would be a bit harder to set up? Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have ports opened/forwarded? I haven't seen that in a long time, at least 5 years or more. |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - neededfor DHCP?
On 21/02/2012 6:58 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:59:57 -0500, XP wrote: "David H. Lipman" wrote: The loss whould be control of software that allows some programs to work through a NAT Router. So configuring the port-forwarding on a router could not be done "automagically"? So something like a bit-torrent client would be a bit harder to set up? Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have ports opened/forwarded? I haven't seen that in a long time, at least 5 years or more. That's because most of them are now using UPnP to do the port forwarding themselves. If the OP turns off the services associated with UPnP, then those clients will be affected. Yousuf Khan |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - neededfor DHCP?
On 21/02/2012 9:59 AM, XP Guy wrote:
So configuring the port-forwarding on a router could not be done "automagically"? So something like a bit-torrent client would be a bit harder to set up? I assume that software that needs to change the settings on XP's internal firewall is not impacted by the presence or absense of the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" (IGDDCC) service - yes? I mean really - what other commonly-used software needs to fiddle with the settings of a residential gateway or router? And in a commercial or corporate / institutional setting, is there a compelling reason or need for this IGDDCC function/service to be running on a user desktop computer / workstation? It's mainly a feature for use at home, for home networking. In most corporate firewalls, NAT doesn't even come into play, so forwarding is not necessary. Anyways, here's a list of services that can be turned on or off depending on your needs: http://www.blackviper.com/2008/05/19...onfigurations/ Yousuf Khan |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed for DHCP?
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:03:13 -0500, Yousuf Khan
wrote: On 21/02/2012 6:58 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:59:57 -0500, XP wrote: "David H. Lipman" wrote: The loss whould be control of software that allows some programs to work through a NAT Router. So configuring the port-forwarding on a router could not be done "automagically"? So something like a bit-torrent client would be a bit harder to set up? Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have ports opened/forwarded? I haven't seen that in a long time, at least 5 years or more. That's because most of them are now using UPnP to do the port forwarding themselves. If the OP turns off the services associated with UPnP, then those clients will be affected. I don't have much experience with BT, but I have uPNP disabled in the router and uTorrent works fine, so apparently it's able to figure something out. A few years ago I tried a client called Azureus, or similar, and it too worked fine without uPNP enabled. |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed forDHCP?
Char Jackson wrote:
The loss would be control of software that allows some programs to work through a NAT Router. So configuring the port-forwarding on a router could not be done "automagically"? So something like a bit-torrent client would be a bit harder to set up? Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have ports opened/forwarded? I'm just tossing out ideas or examples of application software that have a reason to be able to reach out and mess with router / gateway settings. Maybe some gaming software might also have a reason to do that. You got any ideas? |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - neededforDHCP?
Yousuf Khan wrote:
Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have ports opened/forwarded? That's because most of them are now using UPnP to do the port forwarding themselves. If the OP turns off the services associated with UPnP, then those clients will be affected. There are a lot more devices besides routers and gateways that use UPnP. Are you saying that you'll kill an XP system's ability to utilize UPnP if this gateway device discovery client is un-installed? Why is this client specifically called "Internet Gateway Device" discovery and control? Looks pretty specific to me. |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed forDHCP?
Char Jackson wrote:
Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have ports opened/forwarded? That's because most of them are now using UPnP to do the port forwarding themselves. I don't have much experience with BT, but I have uPNP disabled in the router and uTorrent works fine, so apparently it's able to figure something out. A few years ago I tried a client called Azureus, or similar, and it too worked fine without uPNP enabled. Your router is not forwarding any ports that you might have set up manually, in the past, for BT? I'm pretty sure that bit torrenting requires port-forwarding. You should fire up a BT client and then log into your router and see if any ports are being forwarded while the BT client is running. |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - needed for DHCP?
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:53:14 -0500, XP Guy wrote:
Char Jackson wrote: Are there still BT clients floating around that need to have ports opened/forwarded? That's because most of them are now using UPnP to do the port forwarding themselves. I don't have much experience with BT, but I have uPNP disabled in the router and uTorrent works fine, so apparently it's able to figure something out. A few years ago I tried a client called Azureus, or similar, and it too worked fine without uPNP enabled. Your router is not forwarding any ports that you might have set up manually, in the past, for BT? Not for BT and not for anything else. I don't have any ports forwarded anywhere. I'm pretty sure that bit torrenting requires port-forwarding. I agree that it used to. My son used to use it in the era of 2001-2004 and I had to forward some ports for it to work for him. That's not required anymore. I haven't done a packet capture, but I suspect the BT client is simply initiating one or more outbound connections, which of course become two-way connections once established. Port forwarding isn't required in that case. You should fire up a BT client and then log into your router and see if any ports are being forwarded while the BT client is running. Done, and no. |
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Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client - neededfor DHCP?
Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:53:14 -0500, XP Guy wrote: I'm pretty sure that bit torrenting requires port-forwarding. I agree that it used to. My son used to use it in the era of 2001-2004 and I had to forward some ports for it to work for him. That's not required anymore. I haven't done a packet capture, but I suspect the BT client is simply initiating one or more outbound connections, which of course become two-way connections once established. Port forwarding isn't required in that case. It still is. Just think what would happen, if everybody did *not* open ports - your outbound connections would not be able to connect to anything. The only reason that BT works in your case is because your client connects to people who *have* some ports open / forwarded. Nobody can connect to you from the outside, though, and the quality of the torrent suffers, You get half the connections you otherwise would. Depending on the torrent, the speed can be much lower. I can attest that I get much better torrent speeds at home, where the client configures the UPnP router, than at work, where there is no UPnP device, and the only connections of my BT client are the outgoing ones. -- You'd be crazy to e-mail me with the crazy. But leave the div alone. * Whoever bans a book, shall be banished. Whoever burns a book, shall burn. |
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