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Glossary

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UPnP technology is used for the spontaneous linking of home or small office networks.

Devices that support UPnP carry out their network configuration automatically once

they are connected to a network. They also provide their own services or use services of

other devices on the network automatically.
URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a Domain on the

Internet

.

Virtual server
A virtual

Server

provides a service on the

Internet

that runs not on itself but another

network component. The Gigaset Router can be configured as a virtual server. It then

directs incoming calls for a service via

Port Forwarding

directly to the appropriate

Port

of the network component in question.
VPN
Virtual Private Network = virtuelles privates Netzwerk§
A VPN is a network connection in which the data are transmitted over the

Internet

using

special

Tunneling

protocols (e. g.

PPTP

,

L2TP

,

IPSec

) securely, i.e. encrypted. VPNs are

used to connect private networks at different locations with each other without having

to lease a transmission line. The Internet is used instead.
WAN
Wide Area Network
A WAN is a network that is not restricted to one particular area, such as the

Internet

. A

WAN is run by one or more public providers to enble private access. You access the

Internet via an

Internet Service Provider

.

WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
WEP is a security protocol defined in the

IEEE 802.11

standard. It is used to protect

wireless transmissions in a

WEP

against unauthorised access through

Encryption

of the

data transmitted.
Wireless network
See

WEP

WLAN
Wireless LAN
Wireless LANs enable network components to communicate with and access a network

using radio waves and the transport medium. A wireless LAN can be connected as an

extension to a wired LAN or it can form the basis for a new network. The basic element

of a wireless network is the so-called cell. This is the area where the wireless

communication takes place. A WLAN can be operated in

Ad-hoc mode

or

Infrastructure

mode

.

WLAN is currently specified in Standard

IEEE 802.11

. The Gigaset SE105 dsl/cable

complies with Standard 802.11b.