Introduction. Acknowledgments. About the Author. 1. Using Cisco for Remote Access. Overview of WAN Connections. WAN Considerations. Product Selections. Summary. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.2. Modem Connections at the Central Site. Overview of 3640. Modem Operation. Modem Configuration. Summary. Example Configuration. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.3. Configuring Remote Users to Access the Central Site. Configuring Windows 95 and Windows 98. PPP. Summary. Example Configuration. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.4. Point-to-Point Protocol Enhancements. Authentication. Callback. Compression. Multilink PPP. Summary. Example Configuration. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.5. Connecting the Branch Office Using ISDN. A Look at Digital Communications. Primary Rate Interface. Basic Rate Interface. Dial-on-Demand Routing. Summary. Example Configuration. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.6. ISDN and DDR Enhancements. ISDN Enhancements. Dialer Interfaces. Summary. Sample Configurations. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.7. Using the Cisco 700 for SOHO. Cisco 700 Series Routers. Profiles. Configuration. Summary. Sample Configurations. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.8. Connecting a Branch Site Using X.25. X.25 Overview. Configuration of X.25. Summary. Central Site. Sample Configurations. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.9. Using Frame Relay at the Branch Office. Basic Frame Relay Operations. Configuration of Frame Relay. Traffic Shaping. Summary. Sample Configurations. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.10. Dial Backup with ISDN. Dial Backup for Redundancy. Dial Backup for Overload. Summary. Sample Configurations. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.11. Optimizing Limited Bandwidth using Queuing and Compression. Queuing. Weighted Fair Queuing. Priority Queuing. Custom Queuing. Comparison of the Queuing Techniques. Compression. Summary. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.12. Extending IP Addresses with Network Address Translation. NAT Introduction. Cisco NAT Glossary. NAT Issues. NAT Configuration. Summary. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.13. Controlled Access Using Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting. Introduction to AAA. CiscoSecure as an AAA Server. Configuration of AAA on a Cisco IOS Router. Verification of AAA Configuration. Summary. Exam Objective Checklist. Practice Questions.Appendix: Practice Question Answers. Index.