# Fix or ignore? Malformed device description warnings
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/fix-or-ignore-malformed-device-description-warnings/17735
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/fix-or-ignore-malformed-device-description-warnings/17735 "2021-12-16T18:29:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@subricky](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/subricky)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/fix-or-ignore-malformed-device-description-warnings/17735/1 "2021-12-16T18:29:07Z")
> Dec 16 13:19:26 rbp-xfr1 syncthing[258601]: [SATWG] INFO: [http://192.168.0.11:48135/rootDesc.xml](http://192.168.0.11:48135/rootDesc.xml) - malformed InternetGatewayDevice description: no WANDevices specified. Dec 16 13:19:26 rbp-xfr1 syncthing[258601]: [SATWG] INFO: UPnP parse: [[http://192.168.0.11:48135/rootDesc.xml](http://192.168.0.11:48135/rootDesc.xml)] Malformed device description: no compatible service descriptions found.
Is this something I can fix or is this something I should ignore?
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### Author:  [@bt90](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/bt90)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/fix-or-ignore-malformed-device-description-warnings/17735/2 "2021-12-16T19:38:23Z")
Does your router allow opening ports via UPnP?
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### Author:  [@subricky](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/subricky)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/fix-or-ignore-malformed-device-description-warnings/17735/3 "2021-12-16T20:29:43Z")
no. using opnsense firewall and we don’t allow unpnp. Eventually we will move the device to a DMZ where we can open a port.
I found [this](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/disable-upnp-instructions/8684) on disabling unpnp. I assume since we allow relaying there shouldn’t be a problem.
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### Author:  [@bt90](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/bt90)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/fix-or-ignore-malformed-device-description-warnings/17735/4 "2021-12-17T07:33:13Z")
The logoutput boils down to “upnp didn’t work” so that’s expected.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/fix-or-ignore-malformed-device-description-warnings/17735/5 "2022-01-16T07:33:52Z")
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