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Overview: Using Your Celestix Appliance
The Celestix DAX appliance allows remote users to securely access internal network
file shares, Web sites, and applications without connecting to a virtual private
network (VPN). An internal network is also known as a private network or intranet.
DirectAccess establishes bi-directional connectivity with an internal network every
time a DirectAccess-enabled computer connects to the Internet, even before the user
logs on. Users never have to think about connecting to the internal network and IT
administrators can manage remote computers outside the office, even when the
computers are not connected to the VPN.
The following diagram illustrates some common aspects of DAX appliance
deployments:
A DirectAccess deployment consists of the following components:
 DirectAccess clients
 At least one DirectAccess server
 An Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) domain
 A public key infrastructure (PKI)
 Network location server
 An Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)-capable internal network and applications or
Network Address Translation-Port Translation (NAT-PT) devices