"Access to a LAN is fast becoming a business necessityLANs provide electronic mail, scheduling, and shared resources. With the use of a modem and a telephone line, you can now access your LAN-linked office PC from almost anywhere: a branch office, your home, or even while on the road. Each of the wide variety of remote LAN access methods that can help you do this has its advantages and disadvantages, and you may need to work with more than one, depending on the type of information you need to access and the situations you encounter." "Remote LAN Connections has answers to all your questions about remote LAN access: what LANs are, who needs remote access to them, and what you'll need to have so you can log on. The book provides you with all the information you need on using mail gateways, remote workstations, remote control programs, network bulletin board systems, remote faxing, wireless connections, and even the Internet to access your LAN."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved