2006-10-20 00:41:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
LAN - Local Area Network (small home or office network, such networks might or might not be connect to the internet..mostly used to share files and other services throught out a home or office)
WAN - Wide Arean Network (a wide area network is basicall a connection of many Local Area Networks)
2006-10-20 00:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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. In TCP/IP networking, a LAN is often but not always implemented as a single IP subnet. In addition to operating in a limited space, LANs are also typically owned, controlled, and managed by a single person or organization. They also tend to use certain connectivity technologies, primarily Ethernet and Token Ring. 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. A WAN differs from a LAN in several important ways. Most WANs (like the Internet) are not owned by any one organization but rather exist under collective or distributed ownership and management. WANs tend to use technology like ATM, Frame Relay and X.25 for connectivity over the longer distances.
2016-05-22 04:49:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A LAN or local area network is one that doesn't need a router. All of the IP addresses are in the same "network".
You can think of this like the phone system. If you call a number that has the same area code (network number) it is a local call (local network). When you need to talk to some one with a different area code (different network) you need something to route the traffic (router) and it goes to a bigger (wide area) network.
A WAN just refers to the fact you are talking about multiple LANs that are connected with routers. The Internet is an example of a WAN.
2006-10-20 00:51:16 · answer #3 · answered by sfavorite711 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LAN-- Local Area Network.
eg:- a few computers connected in some office buildings. or computers on a network, like in a school lab or in a Internet parlour.
small area coverage. like a building.
WAN-- Wide Area network.
eg:- covers a wide area, ie the network connectivity is over a wide area eg, between two states or cities.eg.
note-- WAN may have interconnected LANs
2006-10-20 00:47:49 · answer #4 · answered by Tanu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lan is older than Wan ! Their father Dan and Mum Nan thought that they were having twins but Dan said to Nan Lan before Wan scuppered the plan!!
2006-10-20 00:54:00 · answer #5 · answered by brian l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LAN is Local Area Network <- Your home or Office Network
WAN is Wide Area Network <-The internet
2006-10-20 00:43:25 · answer #6 · answered by ○Freeman○ 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
One is Local Area Network and the other is Wide Area Network.
2006-10-20 00:51:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Here it is, more links than you think you'll need, BUT, links that are properly organized to assist you in very fast searches with your eyes, for subjects by topic...
Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, protocols, languages, etc. - http://yolinux.com
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Both do a huge amount of spamming, pop-ins/ups/unders/overs, so, you need to see how those are blocked and managed by hardware firewalls, at the ISP level, with the same technology available to you, for free!
http://ipcop.org on an old doorstop X86 computer will safely protect up to ~30 work stations and servers! Router firewall, runs up to four ports, RED(internet), GREEN(internal LAN), AMBER(your server), and BLUE(WIFI network).
And , WebPageFiltering is managed on the IPCOP machine with DansGuardian, but, you should increase the criteria for hardware to at least a PII-500Mhz machine, with 64 Mb of RAM... I collect "curbside donation" machines, that range up to 1 Ghz, with 256 Mb of RAM so I use that, and it screams!
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Everything is licensed under the GPL, so is free to use, copy, distribute. Lots of Forums are at those sites, for advice!
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2006-10-20 01:32:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
l and w
2006-10-20 00:50:56 · answer #9 · answered by Nellynoo 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋