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["Erwin S. Andreasen" <erw@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, ALM wrote:

> Det er nok en gateway jeg er ude efter, hvad er til hvad og hvorfor!!!!

Se FAQ:

http://wap.colorline.no/wap-faq/

WAP Server A frequently misused term. A WAP server by itself is really
nothing more than a HTTP server - ie. a web server. In order to confuse
everyone, Nokia has a product which they call a WAP server which is a WAP
gateway and a HTTP server all in one. Ie. this is actually a content
providing servers and a gateway. The gateway takes care of the gateway
stuff, and the web server provides the contents.

WAP Gateway A WAP gateway is a two-way device (as any gateway). Looking at
if from the WAP device's side, since a WAP device can only understand WML
in its tokenized/compiled/binary format, the function of the WAP gateway
is to convert content into this format. Looking at it from the HTTP
server's side, the WAP gateway can provide additional information about
the WAP device through the HTTP headers, for instance the subscriber
number of a WAP capable cellular phone, its cell id and even things like
location information (whenever that becomes available).

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Erwin Andreasen   Herlev, Denmark <erw@xxxxxx>          UNIX System Programmer
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