Let’s see that the difference between LAN, MAN and WAN:
LAN stands for Local Area
Network,
LAN’s ownership is private.
The transmission speed of LAN is
high.
The propagation delay is short in
LAN.
There is less congestion in LAN.
LAN’s design and maintenance is
easy.
There is more fault tolerance in
LAN.
Used for college school, hospital
MAN stands for
Metropolitan Area Network,
MAN’s ownership can be
private or public.
While the transmission speed
of MAN is average.
There is moderate
propagation delay in MAN.
While there is more
congestion in MAN.
While MAN’s design and
maintenance is difficult than
LAN.
While there is less fault
tolerance.
Used for small town and
cities
WAN stands for Wide
area network.
While WAN also
might not be owned by
one organization. Can
be private and public
Whereas the
Transmission speed of
WAN is low.
Whereas there is long
propagation delay.
Whereas there is more
congestion than MAN
in WAN.
Whereas WAN’s
design and
maintenance is also
difficult than LAN as
well MAN.
In WAN, there is also
less fault tolerance.
Used for
country/continent,