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II-1 FastLink II Concepts
Clients and Servers
In the world of remote access, you’re either a client or a server.
A remote access client is a PC that can connect to a remote access server over a telephone or other
remote link, and thereby get a connection to the network. Your PC becomes a remote access client
when you use the FastLink II Client software to connect to a remote access server.
A remote access server is a piece of hardware and/or software that is connected to a network and
can accept calls from clients who want access to that network. The job of the remote access server is
to connect clients to the network.
A Bay Networks’ Remote Annex server is an example of such a server. The Remote Annex server
accepts calls from the FastLink II Client.
The FastLink II client and Remote Annex server communicate using a standard protocol called Point to Point
Protocol (PPP). Most modern remote access systems use PPP as the underlying basis for communication.