Re: Difference in terminology
One of the challenges of allowing Internet access to the device in your home over the Internet is getting past your router.
Traditionally us techies would open a port and subscribe to DynDNS allowing direct access.
However when selling consumer devices it's very hard to get people to set up these things on all the different types of router out there.
The solution is for the device to log itself into a 'Cloud' service where the consumer can simply accesses it via a website and a username.
ASUS go part of the way to solving this problem with their routers because they provide their own dynamic DNS service providing you go in and set it up. Even with IPv6 I suspect this problem will always be solved by 'The Cloud'.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
