Editing Universal Plug and Play (section)

===Addressing===
The foundation for UPnP networking is IP addressing. Each device must implement a DHCP client and search for a DHCP server when the device is first connected to the network. If no DHCP server is available, the device must assign itself an address. The process by which a UPnP device assigns itself an address is known within the UPnP Device Architecture as [[AutoIP]]. In UPnP Device Architecture Version 1.0,<ref name="uda-v1.0" /> AutoIP is defined within the specification itself; in UPnP Device Architecture Version 1.1,<ref name="uda-v1.1" /> AutoIP references [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] {{IETF RFC|3927}}. If during the DHCP transaction, the device obtains a domain name, for example, through a DNS server or via [[DNS forwarding]], the device should use that name in subsequent network operations; otherwise, the device should use its IP address.