This will have the effect of providing major growth in the usage of the Internet by small to medium enterprises. It also results in a significant reduction in administration for the ISP and the LAN manager. Using Single IP working, the Internet addressing scheme is totally divorced from the LAN addresses, presenting a total firewall against incoming LAN access. The Access Server can be implemented alongside an existing firewall without compromising LAN integrity for Internet access. Savings increase considerably for 128k access.
Hardware costs for both options are similar.