FRITZ WLAN-7340 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Glossary

The high throughput rates make it possible to support

multimedia services. With special cards or USB sticks the

Internet connection can also be provided for laptops or

computers via UMTS.

update

A more recent version of software or firmware is called an

update. Updates are often free of charge, resolve minor

programming errors, and sometimes also offer new func-

tions.

upload

This term designates the procedure of transmitting files

from one’s own computer to another computer in the Inter-

net.

UPnP

abbreviation for Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)

UPnP is an extension of the Microsoft Plug & Play standard

that allows devices to network globally and to exchange

services—without a central server or computer.

UPnP allows devices from all kinds of manufacturers (ste-

reo systems, routers, printers, house controls) to be con-

trolled via an IP-based network, with or without central

control through a gateway. It is based on a number of

standardized network protocols and data formats. Ex-

pressed simplistically, devices can communicate with

each other automatically using UPnP to exchange informa-

tion.

Today the UPnP forum specifies the UPnP standard and

certifies devices that are compliant with the standard.

UPnP AV

abbreviation for Universal Plug and Play Audio/Video

UPnP AV is a UPnP specification for the interaction be-

tween the media server, playback devices and devices

controlling the streaming of audio and video data within

networks. Media servers are devices that make audio and

video data available upon request. Playback devices (tele-

vision, stereo system, streaming clients) render the audio

and video data. Control devices are remote controls.

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182

VDSL

abbreviation for Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line

In Germany, the DSL technology VDSL is increasingly be-

coming available in the VDSL2 (G993.2) version. VDSL2 is

a further development of the ADSL2+ standard, to which it

is fully downward-compatible. The standard provides for

throughput rates of up to 100 Mbit/s for uploading and

downloading, but requires a distribution network with a

more closely meshed infrastructure—a demand that is

hardly economical outside of major urban areas.

VPN

abbreviation for Virtual Private Network.

VPN serves to integrates devices from a neighboring net-

work into your own network, without the networks having

to be compatible with each other.

A VPN is generally an independent company network dis-

tributed over several locations, which uses the infrastruc-

ture of a public communications network to link its partial

networks or to link individual computers to the rest of the

network. A VPN uses tunneling technologies and typically

builds on the infrastructure of the Internet.

Using a Virtual Private Network it is possible to use all

network applications of the company network even from

distant locations. This means it is possible to use the ad-

vantages of the network even over large geographical dis-

tances.

VPN facilitates optimum information flow without delay

throughout the entire company, even to offices in other lo-

cations. E-mail servers, file sharing and other central ap-

plications of the company network can thus be made

available via VPN even to distant branch offices, subsid-

iaries and home offices. With VPN, field representatives of

a company can also be granted secure access to the com-

pany network.

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Glossary

VoIP

abbreviation for Voice over IP, also known as Internet tele-

phony

Voice over IP makes telephone calls possible via the Inter-

net. The technology has already been in use for years, but

today it allows even private customers the convenience fa-

miliar from conventional telephony, usually at significant-

ly lower prices. VoIP has also made it considerably more

convenient to use applications like conference calls and

answering machines in networks. Added to this are global

accessibility under a single telephone number and new

VoIP features like the Buddy List known from chat rooms.

Internet telephony used to be possible only with a head-

set connected to the computers of the callers and their

conversation partners. Today voice connections via the In-

ternet, even to fixed-line and mobile networks, can be

conducted conveniently using VoIP telephone systems

that allow already existing analog telephones to be used

even when the computer is switched off. Various Internet

Service Providers and telephony carriers provide SIP fixed-

line gateways for this purpose. Such a gateway is used to

provide voice connections between the Internet and con-

ventional telephone networks. In principle VoIP conversa-

tions are possible via every DSL access point, but for

convenient use with existing terminal devices, and for

conversations with the fixed-line and mobile networks, it

is important that the DSL provider support what is known

as the SIP standard. SIP is the current standard defined for

VoIP by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).

WLAN

abbreviation for Wireless Local Area Network

The term WLAN designates the industry standard for wire-

less local networks passed by the Institute of Electrical

and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1997 under the title

IEEE 802.11.

By means of WLAN technology, individual computers or

network devices like printers or DSL access points can be

linked wirelessly to an existing cable-connected local net-

work (LAN), or LANs can be converted completely to a

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wireless structure. A further useful purpose for WLAN tech-

nology is to link segments of existing cable-connected

networks.

Although WLAN was actually developed only for short-

range connections, by cascading WLAN access points or

implementing transmission networks with high-power

point-to-point radio transmission, even network segments

located further from each other can be linked or network

participants in relatively remote locations can be econom-

ically and easily integrated into an existing network.

WLAN access points often also serve as access points to

the Internet in private or public institutions. Many air-

ports, hotels and cafes, for instance, make WLAN hotspots

available to their customers, either free or subject to a

charge. Ultimately this has maneuvered WLAN into serious

competition with mobile UMTS technology.

The application possibilities for wireless network commu-

nication also overlap with Bluetooth technology. For mo-

bile devices with limited energy capacity Bluetooth is the

more useful solution, however, as Bluetooth uses consid-

erably less power than wireless LAN. What is more, Blue-

tooth technology is more flexible and thus can offer a

greater bandwidth of potential applications.

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185

Index

A

access rights

USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

acknowledgment tone. . . . . . . . . . . . 66

adapter

WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

,

70

alternating between calls . . . . . . . . . 89

analog telephone line . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

answering machine

integrated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

,

44

operating via telephone keypad. 44

setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

audible tones

acoustic signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

audio signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

acknowledgement tone. . . . . . . . 66

answering machine signal tones 45

autochannel

see WLAN autochannel . . . . . . . 135

automatic outside dialing option . . . 82

autoprovisioning

see Internet connection, automatic

configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

AVM Stick & Surf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

B

baby monitor

see room monitoring . . . . . . . . . . 96

bandwidth management . . . . . . . . . 157

busy on busy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

see call rejection on busy . . . . . . 83

button

DECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

C

cable

DSL/telephone cable . . . . . . . . .117

network cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

cable connection (broadband) . . . . . 33

call blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

call diversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

call list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

call waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

,

86

caller ID display

allowing incoming caller ID . . . . . 81

CLIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

CLIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

COLR/COLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

suppress outgoing Caller ID. . . . . 79

suppressing destination

number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

child protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

CLIP

see caller ID display . . . . . . . . . . . 80

CLIR

see caller ID display . . . . . . . . . . . 79

COLP

see caller ID display . . . . . . . . . . . 81

COLR

see caller ID display . . . . . . . . . . . 81

computers

connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

configuring

by telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

analog fixed-line network . . . . . . 22

computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

electrical power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick . . . . . . . . . 18

IP telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

multiple computers . . . . . . . . . . . 16

network hub/switch. . . . . . . . . . . 17

network port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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