Building Cisco Remote Access Networks

This text identifies and explains all the Cisco products necessary for designing and building a remote access network and integrating it with legacy systems. It details the strategies, tactics and methods for designing, configuring and maintaining the networks, including servers and routers.

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An increasing number of companies are designing and implementing Remote Access Networks, which allows users who are not physically connected to a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN) to access the network's servers, applications and databases or to participate in video conferencing and conference calls. Cisco Systems, an internetworking vendor, is pioneering enabling technologies for Remote Access Networks. This text identifies and explain all of the Cisco products necessary for designing and building a remote access network and integrating it with legacy systems. It details all of the strategies, tactics and methods for designing, configuring and maintaining Cisco Remote Access Networks, and it includes discussion of all Cisco Access Servers and routers.