A security system comprising: a touchscreen device (208, 1720) configured as gateway at a premises, wherein the touchscreen device comprises a processor, wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to communicate, via a first link (422, 424, 426, 428) of a first local area network 'LAN' managed by the touchscreen device (208, 1720), with a network device (255, 257) located at the premises, and wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to communicate, via a second link (422, 424, 426, 428), with a premises security system (110, 256, 1710) at the premises, wherein the premises security system (110, 256, 1710) comprises a master controller and security system components configured to collect data; wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to generate and output, to a user via the touchscreen device (208, 1720), a plurality of graphical user interfaces (802, 804, 806), wherein the plurality of graphical user interfaces (802, 804, 806) comprise a security user interface, a network user interface, and a services user interface, wherein the security user interface is configured to provide the user with control of functions of the premises security system (110, 256, 1710) and access to data collected by the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), wherein the network user interface is configured to provide access to data via a remote network in communication with the touchscreen device (208, 1720), and wherein the services user interface is configured to provide access, via the first LAN, to data of the network device (255, 257), and wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to cause authorization of the touchscreen device (208, 1720) as a control device for the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), and wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to determine the security system components and enable communication with the premises security system (110, 256, 1710) via a wireless protocol associated with the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to determine, based on wireless communications from the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), a state associated with the premises, and to send, to a security server, data indicative of the state; and the security server, wherein the security server is in communication, via the remote network, with the touchscreen device (208, 1720), the security server located external to the premises, wherein the security server comprises a mobile portal configured to enable a remote client device other than the touchscreen device (208, 1720) to exchange, via the remote network, data with the security server, the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), and the network device (255, 257). a touchscreen device (208, 1720) configured as gateway at a premises, wherein the touchscreen device comprises a processor, wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to communicate, via a first link (422, 424, 426, 428) of a first local area network 'LAN' managed by the touchscreen device (208, 1720), with a network device (255, 257) located at the premises, and wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to communicate, via a second link (422, 424, 426, 428), with a premises security system (110, 256, 1710) at the premises, wherein the premises security system (110, 256, 1710) comprises a master controller and security system components configured to collect data; wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to generate and output, to a user via the touchscreen device (208, 1720), a plurality of graphical user interfaces (802, 804, 806), wherein the plurality of graphical user interfaces (802, 804, 806) comprise a security user interface, a network user interface, and a services user interface, wherein the security user interface is configured to provide the user with control of functions of the premises security system (110, 256, 1710) and access to data collected by the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), wherein the network user interface is configured to provide access to data via a remote network in communication with the touchscreen device (208, 1720), and wherein the services user interface is configured to provide access, via the first LAN, to data of the network device (255, 257), and wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to cause authorization of the touchscreen device (208, 1720) as a control device for the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), and wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to determine the security system components and enable communication with the premises security system (110, 256, 1710) via a wireless protocol associated with the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), wherein the touchscreen device (208, 1720) is configured to determine, based on wireless communications from the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), a state associated with the premises, and to send, to a security server, data indicative of the state; and the security server, wherein the security server is in communication, via the remote network, with the touchscreen device (208, 1720), the security server located external to the premises, wherein the security server comprises a mobile portal configured to enable a remote client device other than the touchscreen device (208, 1720) to exchange, via the remote network, data with the security server, the premises security system (110, 256, 1710), and the network device (255, 257).