Quick Tech Tips: Wide Area Networks – WAN
Filed Under Network, Technical, Tips | Posted on July 12, 2009
Wide Area Networks, or WAN, span a large geographical area. A WAN contains a collection of machines intended for running user programs. Transmission rates are typically 2 Mbps, 34 Mbps, 45 Mbps, 155 Mbps, 625 Mbps, etc. The machines are connected by a subnet whose job is to carry messages from machine to machine. The [...]
Quick Tech Tip : Metropolitan Area Networks – MANs
Filed Under Architecture, Network | Posted on July 12, 2009
A metropolitan area network, or MAN is basically a bigger version of LAN. MAN is a computer networks usually spanning a campus or a city, which typically connect a few local area networks using high speed backbone technologies. A MAN supports both data and voice. A MAN just has one or two cables and does [...]
Quick Tech Explanation: Local Area Networks – LANs
Filed Under Architecture, Network, Technical, Tips | Posted on July 12, 2009
Local Area networks, generally called LANs, are privately owned networks within a single building or campus of up to a few kilometers in size. Most local area networks are built with relatively inexpensive hardware such as Ethernet cables, network adapters, and hubs. Wireless LAN and other more advanced LAN hardware options also exist as a [...]
