Translations:Guides:Connection issues/2/en
From VRChat Wiki
- DNS - Domain Name System: A protocol that locates and connects your device to a website's IP address.
- EDNS ECS - Extension Mechanisms for DNS Client Subnet: A mechanism for recursive DNS resolvers to send partial client IP address information to authoritative DNS name servers.
- IP - Internet Protocol address: An address, associated with your device's internet connection, establishing your device to a network, such as a website.
- ISP - Internet Service Provider: A company that allows your device to connect to the Internet. Examples of this are: Comcast, Virgin, and NTT Docomo.
- OS - Operating System.
- Upstream provider - A service that aids in the infrastructure of a platform, in this case, VRChat.
- VPN - Virtual Private Network: Software that can encrypt or secure your connection, through the method of 'tunneling' with different IP addresses.
