This book is not designed to be a general networking topics book, although it can be used for that purpose. This book is intended to tremendously increase your chances of passing the CCNP Remote Access exam. Although other objectives can be achieved from using this book, the book is written with one goal in mind: to help you pass the exam. So why should you want to pass the CCNP Remote Access exam? Because it’s one of the milestones towards getting the CCNP certification; no small feat in itself