Establishing a Remote LAN Connection

To work remotely, you need to establish a remote connection to the server. How you accomplish this depends on the connection options available on your LAN and how the network administrator configured the LAN. The following are the most common methods for establishing a remote LAN connection:

  • Dial up access directly to the LAN. In this scenario, the LAN includes a Remote Access Services (RAS) server that enables clients to dial directly to the network using a modem or other device (such as an Integrated Services Digital Network [ISDN] connection). The RAS server can be the computer running Exchange Server or another server on the network, depending on the size of the organization and the load on the Exchange ...

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