Glossary

UPnP

Universal Plug & Play

UPnP technology is used to spontaneously link 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 on another network compo- nent, not on the server itself. The Gigaset SE366 WLAN can be configured as a virtual server. It will then direct incoming calls for a service via Port Forwarding directly to the appropriate Port of the network component in the local network.

WAN

Wide Area Network

A WAN is a wide area network, which is not restricted to one particular area. The Internet is the most frequently used WAN. A WAN is run by one or more public providers to enable private access. You access the Internet via an Internet 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 WLAN against unauthorised access with Encryption of the data transmitted.

WLAN

Wireless LAN

Wireless LANs enable network components to communicate with a network using radio waves as the transport medium. A wireless LAN can be connected as an extension to an existing wired LAN or it can form the basis for a new network. The basic element of a wireless network is the radio cell. This is the area in which wireless communication takes place. A WLAN can be operated in Ad-hoc mode or Infrastructure mode.

WLAN is currently specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard. The Gigaset SE366 WLAN hardware complies with standard 802.11n (draft). A software update will be provided when the standard is passed.

WPA

WPA was developed to improve the security provided by WEP. WPA uses more complex procedures to generate keys, e.g. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol). In addition, WPA can use an authentication server (e.g. a RADIUS server) to improve security.

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