Networking Type and Its Advantages

Networking and Its Advantages

A computer network refers two or more computer connected with each other through medias and share resources for communication purpose.




Resource Sharing
Reliability
Financial Benefit
Better Communication /work sharing medium
            Access to remote database.


Network Types


  • WAN - Wide Area Network
  • LAN - Local Area Network
  • MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
  • PAN-Personal Area Network
  • CAN-Campus Area Network
  • VAN-Value Added Network
  • HAN-Home Area Network
  • WLAN- Wireless Local Area Network


WAN: Wide Area Network

As the term implies, a WAN spans a large physical distance. The Internet is the largest WAN, spanning the Earth.
A WAN is a geographically-dispersed collection of LANs. A network device called a router connects LANs to a WAN. In IP networking, the router maintains both a LAN address and a WAN address.

LAN: Local Area Network

A LAN connects network devices over a relatively short distance. A networked office building, school, or home usually contains a single LAN, though sometimes one building will contain a few small LANs (perhaps one per room), and occasionally a LAN will span a group of nearby buildings.

MAN: Metropolitan Area Network

A network spanning a physical area larger than a LAN but smaller than a WAN, such as a city. A MAN is typically owned and operated by a single entity such as a government body or large corporation.




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