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A computer-based router has more flexible capabilities than a standalone router, allowing it to perform additional functions like user authentication before access is granted to internal networks. While a computer-based router is not a replacement for standalone routers, which are still needed for traditional WAN access, a general-purpose computer can also interconnect LANs and provide routing. The benefits of a computer-based router include using a general-purpose computer instead of an expensive standalone router, supporting dial-on-demand technologies, VPN tunnel construction, and managing the router through an existing client/server administrative infrastructure.

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Network

A computer-based router has more flexible capabilities than a standalone router, allowing it to perform additional functions like user authentication before access is granted to internal networks. While a computer-based router is not a replacement for standalone routers, which are still needed for traditional WAN access, a general-purpose computer can also interconnect LANs and provide routing. The benefits of a computer-based router include using a general-purpose computer instead of an expensive standalone router, supporting dial-on-demand technologies, VPN tunnel construction, and managing the router through an existing client/server administrative infrastructure.

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The computer-based router's flexible platform and multitasking capabilities enable it to perform
many more different functions than a standalone router. The key to benefiting from a computerbased router is to take advantage of these features, which cannot be duplicated on a standalone
router.
A computer-based router can be used to authenticate dial-in users, for example, before granting
them access to an internal, and secured, internetwork. It is important to note that, a standalone
router is still required to support traditional WAN access.
A computer-based router is not a replacement for traditional standalone routers. Similarly, a
general- purpose computer running Windows NT Server can interconnect two different LANs
and provide a routed interface between them. Obviously, that NT device needs to have two
network interface cards (NICs), but is another example of the flexibility of computer- based
routing.
The specific benefits of computer-based router include the following:

The ability to use a general-purpose computer rather than a specialized, and possibly
more expensive, standalone router
Support for dial-on-demand transmission technologies (POTS, Switched 56, ISDN)
VPN tunnel construction
Management of router via client/server administrative infrastructure rather than through
a fully separate network management infrastructure

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