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Re: Lunch conversation things
- To: http://www.gmail.com/~alex. (Alexander ), http://www.umass.edu/~a (Alexander )
- Subject: Re: Lunch conversation things
- From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 07:44:42 -0700
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> From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:52:41 -0700
>
> It looks like you can control the UPnP from Linux, too:
>
> https://www.howtoforge.com/administrating-your-gateway-device-via-upnp
>
> Maybe this could be way I could dynamically open bittorrent ports when I'm
> downloading something. (I have a semi-complex set-up at my home so I
> doubt that any particular bittorrent client could automatically get it to
> work.)
Turns out it's even easier than this.
You can install miniupnpc and there's a command line client "upnpc". I
can control all the ports for my routers on the command line. Very nice!