This VPN glossary explains the words you meet when you set up a VPN for IPTV, each in a sentence or two. Keep it open next to a setup guide, and look up any word that is new to you.
The VPN glossary is grouped by topic: the basics, the ways to connect, privacy words and the words on your account page.
The basics
- VPN. Short for virtual private network. An app that sends your traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a VPN server first.
- VPN server. The computer at the other end of the tunnel. Your traffic leaves the tunnel there and goes on to where it was going.
- Encryption. Scrambling data so that only the two ends of the tunnel can read it.
- Tunnel. The encrypted connection between your device and the VPN server.
- IP address. The address of a device on the internet. With the VPN on, the services you use see the address of the VPN server instead of yours.
- Internet provider. The company that brings the internet into your home, also called the ISP. With the VPN on, it sees that you connect to a VPN server, not which apps you use or what you watch.
- Shared Wi-Fi. A network many people use, such as hotel, café or airport Wi-Fi. A VPN keeps your traffic encrypted there.
Ways to connect
This part of the VPN glossary covers the two protocols and the files they use.
- Protocol. The set of rules a VPN uses to build the tunnel. OpenVPN and WireGuard are two protocols.
- OpenVPN. A protocol that many apps can import, IPTV Smarters Pro among them. It uses a profile file and a username and password.
- .ovpn file. The OpenVPN profile: a small text file that tells the app which servers to connect to and how. Ours holds every server of one location.
- OpenVPN Connect. The OpenVPN app for phones, tablets and computers. It imports .ovpn files.
- UDP and TCP. Two ways to send data over the internet. UDP is quick and light. TCP checks every packet and gets through strict networks more often. Our OpenVPN profile tries UDP first and moves to TCP by itself.
- WireGuard. A newer protocol with a small, modern design. It runs in the official WireGuard app, always over UDP, and covers the whole device.
- .conf file. The WireGuard setup for one device, as a file. Import it in the WireGuard app.
- QR code. The same WireGuard setup as a square code that the WireGuard app scans with the camera.
- Device number. One WireGuard setup in your account: device 1, device 2 and so on. Use each number on one device only.
- Stealth mode. A way to connect that makes the VPN look like ordinary secure web traffic, for networks that block VPN connections. It runs in a separate stealth app. See what is stealth mode.
OpenVPN vs WireGuard for IPTV compares the two protocols in full.
Privacy words
These VPN glossary words come up on privacy pages and in app settings.
- DNS. The internet's address book: it turns a name such as a website address into an IP address.
- DNS leak. When those lookups go around the tunnel to your provider. Our DNS leak protection keeps them inside the tunnel.
- IPv6 leak. When traffic over the newer IPv6 addresses goes around the tunnel. IPv6 leak protection keeps it inside.
- Kill switch. A setting that blocks traffic when the tunnel is down, so nothing goes out without the VPN. The WireGuard app for Windows calls it Block untunneled traffic (kill-switch).
- Split tunnelling. Sending only some apps through the VPN. In the WireGuard app for Android, a tunnel's application setting offers Exclude and Include only.
- No activity logs. A promise that the VPN servers do not record the sites, apps or streams you use. Read what no activity logs means.
Everyday words
The last part of the VPN glossary covers words you meet while you watch.
- Server location. The place where a VPN server stands. A location close to you usually gives a steadier connection.
- Latency. The time a packet takes to reach the server and come back. A closer location usually means lower latency.
- Device limit. How many devices can use the VPN at the same time on one plan. Your plan covers up to 3 devices at the same time.
- Buffering. When a stream stops to wait for more data. It has many causes, from weak Wi-Fi to a busy stream server. See IPTV buffering in the evening.
- Restore on boot. A setting in WireGuard for Android that brings the tunnel back after the device restarts.
- On-demand. A setting in WireGuard for iPhone, iPad and Mac that can switch the tunnel on for you.
Words on your account page
Sign in to your IPTV VPN account, open Subscriptions and open your VPN subscription. The Your VPN card holds your VPN username and password, an OpenVPN file (.ovpn) for each server location and a WireGuard setup for each device number.
- Your VPN. The card on your VPN subscription with your login and setup files.
- Download. Saves the .ovpn file of a location on the device you are using.
- Copy link. Gives a web address for the same file, to open on a TV. The link works for 14 days.
- Closest to you. The label on the server location nearest to where you are now.
- Download .conf. Saves the WireGuard file of one device number.
That is the VPN glossary. For the setup itself, start at the setup page, which links every guide.
Plans and what they include
Every plan has the same features and differs only in length: 1 month for €5, 3 months for €14, 6 months for €25 or 12 months for €45. Prices as of October 2026, from €3.75 a month. Each plan covers up to 3 devices at the same time and includes the OpenVPN profile for IPTV apps and WireGuard for TVs, phones and computers, plus stealth mode for networks that block VPN connections.
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