UPnP Settings
148
The following addresses cannot be assigned becuase they
are reserved for certain purposes:
3.3
UPnP Settings
The Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) service included in
your FRITZ!Box provides status information about the
FRITZ!Box to all connected computers. Programs with
UPnP support on these computers can receive this infor-
mation and use them to display the status of the
FRITZ!Box (e.g., DSL synchronization, connection status,
data transmission). UPnP service thus allows you to moni-
tor your FRITZ!Box from a connected computer.
3.4
IP Address
Upon delivery the FRITZ!Box is assigned the following IP
address:
192.168.178.1
If you would like to change the IP address, please read
through the following sections. Also note the additional
information in the section “Reserved IP Addresses” on
page 149.
When Does It Make Sense to Change the IP Address?
You should change the IP address of the FRITZ!Box if the
following apply to your network:
•
You have an existing local IP network, one subnet
with several computers.
•
Fixed IP addresses are registered in the network set-
tings of the computer, and you do not want to or are
not permitted to change these addresses.
•
You want to connect the FRITZ!Box to the local IP net-
work in order to make the FRITZ!Box features avail-
able to all of the computers in the IP network.
192.168.178.1
is used by the FRITZ!Box itself
192.168.178.255
broadcast address used to send messag-
es into the network