7.2. Remote Access Connection Methods
Because a computer using remote access is not a part of your network, it will not use local area network (LAN) technologies to connect to the network. The remote computer will instead use other kinds of connection methods to connect to the LAN, including the following:
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN, also called plain old telephone service, or POTS)
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
Other digital connection methods (including one of the digital subscriber lines, or DSLs, broadband cable, and T-series connections)
7.2.1. The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
The portion of the PSTN that runs from your house to the rest of the world is known as plain old telephone service (POTS). It ...
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