Applies to: WAVE

Summary

This article outlines the services and processes WAVE uses in its day-to-day operations.

WAVE Service Functions

The following are services and functions used by WAVE:

• Public IP Address Fetching
  
  WAVE Servers behind a NAT (Network Address Translation) must be assigned a Public IP address. To determine its Public IP address, WAVE Server uses a web service. This happens approximately once every two minutes.

• Time Synchronization
  
  Servers with an active Internet connection reach out to the WAVE Time Server (a non-public, WAVE-hosted time server) to synchronize their system time. This happens approximately once every hour.

• Anonymous Usage and Crash Statistics
  
  Systems that do not disable Anonymous Usage and Crash Statistics report back to WAVE analytics servers once a month.

• WAVE Sync
  
  Systems connected to the WAVE Sync Service generate significant traffic, including:
  
  *  Keep-alive messages (to sustain connectivity between the cloud and your system)
  
  *  Adding new users or modifying existing users
  
  *  User connections and streaming to remote clients (Desktop, Mobile, Web, Cloud), etc.