What does the UPnP NAT traversal solution do?
A. The scenarios that UPnP-enabled NAT traversal helps ensure include: Multi-player gaming Peer-to-peer connections Real time communications Remote Assistance (a feature in Windows XP) For IHVs this solution removes the need for writing and maintaining a database of Application Layer Gateways (ALGs) to traverse the NAT. This solution will be supported by both Windows XP and Direct Play, a programming resource in Windows, so software applications written to DPlay will be able to use the UPnP solution for NAT traversal automatically.
