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blog:huge_traffic_for_wemo_devices [2021/12/30 16:02] – created brettblog:huge_traffic_for_wemo_devices [2021/12/30 23:48] (current) brett
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-Other devices on my network such as a printer are also running a UPNP listening. IP ending in 101 is the printer.+Other devices on my network such as a printer are also running a UPNP listening. IP ending in 101 is the printer.  The WeMo is constantly asking this device for its endpoints via an HTTP request that returns XML (yet more traffic).
  
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-Go into its Web Administrative interface and disable the UPNP protocol.+Go into the Printers Web Administrative interface and disable the UPNP protocol, we don't want a UPNP service in the printer anyway.
  
 This reduced the amount of Wifi traffic the WeMo is generating as there are no devices that will communicate UPNP with it. This reduced the amount of Wifi traffic the WeMo is generating as there are no devices that will communicate UPNP with it.
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