Veo 802.11b - Manual (Page 67)

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SSID
Service Set Identifier. A unique name shared among
all devices on a wireless network.
The Wireless Observer uses this
setting to determine which network
to connect to.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
The camera sends email with this
protocol.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The
most common communication protocol for Ethernet
networking and all of the Internet.
Used to communicate with PC
clients.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator. The complete
specification that your web browser needs to locate a
resource (web page or other) on any TCP/IP
network.
Your camera’s URL looks like
“http://IP address:port number”. The
port number is 80 by default.
WAN
Wide Area Network. Several LANs which are
interconnected.
When you connect to the Internet,
you form a WAN with your ISP’s
network.
WAN IP address
External address used by a gateway-router to
connect your LAN to an outside network (the
Internet). This is the IP address or addresses
provided by your ISP that you use to connect to the
Internet.
You must know the WAN IP
address you are using to connect to
the Internet to access cameras
remotely over the Internet.
WAP
Wireless Access Point. Provides a connection point
between wired and wireless networks and
interconnects wireless devices in infrastructure
mode. Sometimes combined with a NAT
router/gateway.
Cameras using infrastructure mode
will connect to a WAP.
WLAN Wireless LAN (Local Area Network).
Wireless Observers connected to
your WLAN.
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy. Standard for encrypting
data sent over a wireless (802.11b) network.
Traffic on a wireless network may
be intercepted. WEP makes it
difficult to decipher intercepted data.