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Reads like an Apple fan boy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.230.125 ( talk) 14:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC) reply

What is the difference between this and UPnP? 61.2.48.219 ( talk) 08:06, 26 November 2017 (UTC) reply

As I understand it, UPnP is poorly thought through, and fundamentally insecure. Since Apple prefers reinventing the wheel to promoting interoperability, it introduced NAT-PMP to effectively replace UPnP in its AirPort router and MacOS computers. —  void xor 23:21, 30 November 2021 (UTC) reply

See the Port Control Protocol article which covers the question

Stokito ( talk) 18:35, 23 January 2022 (UTC) reply