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UPnP
Universal Plug and Play
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 in the network automatically.
URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a domain on the
Internet
.
VCI
Virtual Channel Identifier
Part of an address in an ATM network.
Virtual server
A virtual
Server
provides a service on the
Internet
that does not run on itself, but on
another network component. The Gigaset SE587 WLAN dsl can be configured as a vir-
tual server. It will then direct incoming calls for a service via
Port forwarding
directly to
the appropriate
Port
of the network component in question.
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
A VLAN is a virtual local network within a physical network. A widely disseminated tech-
nical implementation of VLANs is defined partially in the Standard IEEE 802.1Q. VLAN
allows preferred forwarding of voice data, for example. This functionality is important
for VoIP (IP telephony). This also means that phone calls can be made without interrup-
tion within a restricted bandwidth.
VPI
Virtual Path Identifier
Part of an address in an ATM network.
WAN
Wide Area Network
A WAN is a wide area network that is not restricted physically to a particular area, for
example the
Internet
. A WAN is run by one or more public providers to enable private
access. You access the Internet via an
Internet service provider
.
Web server
See
Server