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Tunnelling Protocol
The term tunnelling protocol is used to describe when one network protocol called the payload protocol is encapsulated within a different delivery protocol.
UDP
The User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core members of the Internet Protocol Suite, the set of network protocols used for the Internet. With UDP, computer applications can send
messages, sometimes known as datagrams, to other hosts on an Internet Protocol (IP) network without requiring prior communications to set up special transmission channels or data paths.
UDP is sometimes called the Universal Datagram Protocol.
USB
Universal Serial Bus is a serial bus standard to interface devices to a host computer. USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket
and to improve plug and play capabilities by allowing hot swapping, that is, by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer or turning off the device.
Other convenient features include providing power to low-consumption devices without the need for an external power supply and allowing many devices to be used without requiring
manufacturer specific, individual device drivers to be installed.
VPN
A virtual private network (VPN) is a computer network in which some of the links between nodes are carried by open connections or virtual circuits in some larger network (e.g., the Internet)
as opposed to running across a single private network. The link-layer protocols of the virtual network are said to be tunnelled through the larger network. One common application is secure
communications through the public Internet, but a VPN need not have explicit security features, such as authentication or content encryption. VPNs, for example, can be used to separate the
traffic of different user communities over an underlying network with strong security features.
WAN
Wide Area Network is a computer network that covers a broad area (i.e., any network whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries [1]). Less formally, a
WAN is a network that uses routers and public communications links [1]. Contrast with personal area networks (PANs), local area networks (LANs), campus area networks (CANs), or
metropolitan area networks (MANs) are usually limited to a room, building, campus or specific metropolitan area (e.g., a city) respectively. The largest and most well-known example of a
WAN is the Internet.
WebPower
A common name for the firmware installed in Eltek Valere ’s controllers -- Compack and Smartpack , web option – and in the external WebPower adapter module. The firmware provides a
communication protocol translator, a physical layer conversion and Web server software.
WebPower translates the controller’s internal protocol into the HTTP protocol over TCP/IP, used to communicate in an Ethernet network, LAN, WAN, VPN or even across the Internet.
The WebPower firmware provides a platform-independent graphical user interface (GUI), employed to configure and operate Micropack, Minipack, Flatpack2 and Powerpack DC power
supply systems using a standard Web browser.
In addition,
WebPower provides an SNMP Agent, allowing Eltek Valere DC power systems to be interoperable with SNMP enterprise management solutions, which are commonly in use within
the Telecommunications industry.