LAN vs. Roaming Agent Usage

LAN vs. Roaming Agent Usage

I am not seeing significant differences in how the LAN vs. Roaming Agents operate.  I have laptop users that leave the LAN, but still appear to be contacted, scanned and patched.  Other than identifying a Remote Office that is associated with an IP range so the client will contact the correct distribution server, is there a difference?  I just want to confirm IF I should be using the Roaming Agent and when...

Thanks in advance!

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