[the_mitsuhiko]

If it supports UPnP why do the docs not say: turn on UPnP? If you search for UPnP in the docs, you get exactly zero results back.

[Macha]

I don't think anybody here (including me) claims these are _good_ docs.

[the_mitsuhiko]

Is there any evidence that the Switch supports UPnP? Because some quick googling did not suggest it does.

[TingPing]

My router has never seen the switch use upnp.

[SkyPuncher]

IMO, because they're trying to keep it simple.

Most readers of HN will understand (or at least understand the goal of) the checklist for debugging network issues.

Skipping straight to Port Forwarding eliminates any issues on whether UPnP is actually working correctly. Growing up, some of my friends had routers struggled to handle UPnP correctly. If I knew they were the only one needing port forwarding, I'd simply turn that on for them instead of trying to figure out if UPnP was actually working correctly.