LAN, MAN, WAN

1. GANDHINAGAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY
Department of Information Technology
LAN, WAN, MAN
Group ID: IT_B1_00
Student Name(Enroll No): Shaishav Shah(170120116094)
Name of Faculty: Prof. Birendrasinh Zala
Mobile Computing and Wireless Communication (2170710)

2. LAN, WAN, MAN

3. LAN(Local Area Network)
• It is privately-owned network within single building or
campus of up to a few kilometres in size.
• They are widely used to connect computers and workstations
in company offices and factories to share resources and
exchange information.
• LANs are easy to design and troubleshoot.
• In LAN, all the machines are connected to a single cable.
• Different types of topologies such as Bus, Ring, Star and Tree
are used.

4. • Earlier the data rates for LAN range from 4 to 16 MBPS.
• Now, speeds are normally 100 or 1000 MBPS.
• They exist in limited geographical area.
• Connectivity and resources, especially the transmission media,
usually are managed by the company which is running the
LAN.

5. WAN(Wide Area Network)
• WAN, spans a large area, often a country or continent.
• It contains a large collection of machines intended for running
user programs. These machines are knows as Hosts.
• These hosts are connected by a communication subnet.
• In most WAN, the subnet consists of two distinct components:
transmission lines and switching elements.

6. • The communication between different users of WAN is
established using leased telephone lines or satellite links and
similar channels.

7. MAN(Metropolitan Area network)
• MAN covers a city. The best known example of MAN is the
cable television network available in many cities.
• A MAN is basically a larger version of a LAN and normally
uses similar technology.
• It covers a large geographical area and may serve as an
ISP(Internet Service Provider).
• It is costly and may or may not be owned by single
organization.

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