
APOS Quick Operation Guide Voice over IP
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telephony for a set of facilities for managing the delivery of voice
information using the Internet Protocol (IP). In general, this means
sending voice information in digital form in discrete packets rather than
in the traditional circuit-committed protocols of the public switched
telephone network (PSTN). A major advantage of VoIP and Internet
telephony is that it avoids the tolls charged by ordinary telephone
service.
VPN
Virtual Private Network, VPN allows IP traffic to travel securely over a
public TCP/IP network by encrypting all traffic from one network to
another. A VPN uses "tunneling" to encrypt all information at the IP level.
WAN
A network that covers a large geographical area. Typical WAN
technologies include point-to-point, X.25 and frame relay. Compare
with: LAN, MAN.
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