Tech Access Device?

[brad_olson]

Hello:

I was wondering what Cisco calls this device. I have always known it as a TAD (tech access device). It is basically a modem with multiple serial ports so you can console into your devices if a WAN link fails. Any guidance appreciated.

Thanks,

Brad Olson

[vkapoor5]

TAD is generally known as Traffic Anomaly Detector.We have Network Access device.A network access device (NAD), such as a Cisco router, switch, wireless access point, or VPN concentrator, plays the role of authenticator between the host and a back-end AAA server.

[Richard Burts]

Brad posted this question twice. I had answered the other posting of the question explaining that the functionality he descirbes is what Cisco generally calls a terminal server. Brad indicated that this is the answer that he was looking for.

Here is the link to the other posting of the question:

http://forums.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Dpass_through%26location%3Doutline%40%5E1%40.1ddb9d6a

HTH

Rick