Avaya 4600 - Manual (Page 9)

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Chapter 1: Introduction
The Avaya VPNremote for 4600 Series IP Telephones (VPNremote Phone) is an Avaya H.323
IP Telephone with an integrated virtual private network (VPN) client and an advanced
web-enabled graphical display.
VPNremote Phone overview
The VPNremote Phone provides enterprise telephony services at a remote or small office home
office (SOHO) location through a secure VPN connection to the user’s Enterprise
Communication Manager infrastructure. The VPNremote Phone uses a high-speed connection
to the Internet and then to the VPN solution in the enterprise network.
The Avaya VPNremote for 4600 Series IP Telephones provides a significant improvement on
communications capabilities of SOHO users. The VPNremote Phone provides users with an
extension on an enterprise PBX over a secure VPN connection in a single-box solution.
For additional information regarding the 4600 Series IP Telephones, see the Avaya 4600 Series
IP Telephone, Release 2.4, LAN Administrator Guide.
Beginning with Release 2, the VPNremote Phone is capable of implementation in Enterprise
networks with third-party devices. For more information regarding supported third-party devices,
see
VPNremote Phone features in Release 2 .
The VPNremote Phone is targeted to work with most SOHO network configurations. Figure 1
illustrates a possible corporate network configuration with an Avaya SG203 at the headend
device with three VPNremote Phones connected through secure VPN connections.
Figure 1: VPNphone in a corporate network with an Avaya SG203 as the headend device