User's Guide

GlobeSurfer

III User guide

• SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. E-mail programs use SMTP to transmit

data to the mail server. It then forwards the e-mail via intermediate stations to

the recipient’s mail server.

• SSID Service Set Identiﬁer; network name in WLAN which allows stations in the

WLAN to ﬁnd the correct access point.

• TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol; this is the transport

protocol on which the data transmission on the Internet is based.

• UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System. A global standard for third

generation (3G) mobile technology. UMTS in its initial phase offers bit rates of

up to 384 kbps, both up-link and down-link.

• URL Uniform Resource Locator is an Internet address, such as www.google.

com.

• WAN Wide Area Network is a network mainly working across great distances.

• WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy; describes a 64 or 128 bit encryption process

used for wireless LANs.

• WLAN Wireless Local Area Network is a remote technology for wireless net-

working.

• WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access is a 256-bit encryption method for a WLAN.

• WPA2 A more secure version of WPA with implementation of the 802.11i

standard.

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