Glossary - Gigaset A510ip User Manual

Glossary

Glossary
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ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Special form of DSL.
ALG
Application Layer Gateway
NAT control mechanism of a router.
Many routers with integrated NAT use ALG. ALG lets the data packets in a VoIP connection pass
and adds the public IP address of the secure private network.
The router's ALG should be deactivated if the VoIP provider offers a STUN server or an outbound
proxy.
See also: Firewall, NAT,
Authentication
Restriction of access to a network/service by using an ID and password to log in.
Automatic ringback
See Ringback when the number is
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Block dialling
Enter the complete phone number, and correct it if necessary. Then pick up the earpiece or
press the talk/speaker key to dial the phone number.
Broadband Internet access
See DSL.
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Call divert
CD
Automatic diversion (CD) of a call to a different telephone number. There are three kinds of call
divert:
– CDU, Call Divert Unconditional
– CDB, Call Divert Busy
– CDNR, Call Divert No Reply
Call swapping
Call swapping allows you to switch between two callers or between a conference and an indi-
vidual caller without allowing the waiting caller to listen to the call.
Call waiting
= CW.
Network provider feature. A beep during a call indicates that another caller is waiting. You can
accept or reject the second call. You can activate/deactivate the feature.
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Outbound proxy, STUN.
busy.