TYPES OF NETWORK

NAME – PARIKH GOYAL

CLASS – X-A
ROLL NO.-24
CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• TYPES OF NETWORK
LAN – LOCAL AREA NETWORK
WAN – WIDE AREA NETWORK
PAN – PERSONAL AREA NETWORK
MAN – METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK
INTRODUCTION
• A NETWORK IS DEFINED AS A TWO OR MORE COMPUTER SYSTEMS LINKED
TOGETHER.
• THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS AVAILABLE.
• WE CAN CATEGORIZE THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR SIZE AS WELL AS
PURPOSE.
• THE SIZE OF NETWORK SHOULD BE EXPRESSED AS THE GEOGRAPHICAL
AREA AND NUMBER OF COMPUTERS WHICH ARE PART OF NETWORK.
• IT INCLUDES DEVICES HOUSED IN A SINGLE ROOM TO MILLIONS OF
DEVICES SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
 LOCAL AREA NETWORK [LAN]
• IT IS A GROUP OF COMPUTERS AND OTHER PERIPHERAL DEVICES WHICH ARE
CONNECTED WITHIN A LIMITED AREA.
• IT HAS LESS THAN 5000 CONNECTIONS.
• IT WILL BE USED AS ONE TYPE OF TRANSMISSION MEDIUM.
• AN OUTSIDE REGULATORY BODY CANNOT CONTROL IT AS IT IS A PRIVATE NETWORK.
• THERE ARE VARIOUS KINDS OF MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL METHODS LIKE TOKEN
RING AND ETHERENET.
• IT OPERATES AT RELATIVELY HIGHER SPEED THAN WAN SYSTEMS.
 WIDE AREA NETWORK [WAN]

• THIS NETWORK SPREADS OVER A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.

• THIS NETWORK IS LIMITED TO AN ENTERPRISE OR AN ORGANISATION.
• IT CAN BE A CONNECTION OF LAN WITH OTHER LAN’S USING TELEPHONE
LINES AND RADIO WAVES.
• ANY ORGANISATION CAN FORM ITS GLOBAL INTEGRATED NETWORK USING
WAN.
• THE SOFTWARE WILL BE SHARED AMONG THE ALL USERS, THEREFORE ALL
CAN ACCESS TO THESE FILES.
 PERSONAL AREA NETWORK [PAN]
• THIS NETWORK IS SO SMALL THAT IT IS ONLY LIMITED TO THE
SURROUNDING AREA OF A PERSON.
• IT CONSISTS OF A COMPUTERS, MOBILE AND DIGITAL PERSONAL
ASSISTANTS.
• IT CAN BE USED FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTION BETWEEN PERSONAL
DEVICES AND INTERNET.
• IT CAN BE CONNECTED TO OTHER WIRELESS NETWORKS SUCH AS WPAN.
• IT ALLOWS TO HANDLE THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN IT DEVICES.
 METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK [MAN]
• IT CONSISTS OF LARGE NETWORK AREA EXTENDING OVER A LARGE CITY OR
A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
• DEPENDING UPON TYPE OF CONFIGURATION, THIS CAN EXTEND FROM
3MILES – 10 MILES.
• MOSTLY USED MEDIUM IS OPTICAL FIBRES AND CABLES .
• DATA RATES ADEQUATE FOR DISTRIBUTING COMPUTING APPLICATIONS.
• THIS IS VERY LARGE THAN THAT OF LAN.
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