If ARC is set up automatically using UPnP, and then I go into the router and turn off UPnP, will ARC still work? Or does UPnP have to stay on in the router if ARC was set up that way?
If UPnP has to stay on, I guess I can use Port Forwarding instead if I don’t want to keep UPnP enabled in the router?
An explanation how this works is greatly appreciated by this novice.
With my router, as soon as I turn off UPnP all entries are deleted. I would imagine all routers would work that way as it would be illogical not to from an operational perspective. I setup a manual port forwarder and turn off UPnP on my router.
On my TP Link Archer A7, if I turn off UPnP, all entries in the UPnP service list are removed. This makes perfect sense from an operational standpoint. I would expect any router to behave the same way.
My current old Netgear router has UPnP, but it didn’t work with ARC. I had to figure out how to manually set up port forwarding (until ARC, I had never heard of these things ).
I installed the new router today. ARC set up automatically via UPnP no problem. I then turned off UPnP and like you said, the ARC setup was deleted; ARC no longer worked. So I left UPnP off and manually set up Port Forwarding which seems to be working fine.