Network Types: LAN

LAN
• A local area network (LAN) is a network that
interconnects computers within a limited area.
There we can put any residence, a school, a
laboratory, the college campus or a building full of
offices.
• Both computers and other mobile devices use a
local area network connection to share resources.
We can think about interconnecting from our
device with a printer or network storage, for
example.
 WLAN

• A wireless LAN is a wireless computing network that

connects two or more devices via wireless
communication to form a local area network (LAN)
within a limited area.
• This new option gives users the ability to move within
the area while being connected to the network.
• WLAN has become quite popular, especially in private
homes, due to the ease with which it is installed and
its use. It is also the most popular in those businesses
where they offer wireless access to their employees
 MAN

• A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a

computer network that interconnects, over a
high-speed connection, users with computing
resources from a geographic area or region
larger than that covered by a local area
network (LAN), but less than that covered by
an extended area network (WAN), which we’ll
see later.
 WAN

• A wide area network (WAN) is any

telecommunications network or computing
network that extends over a large distance or
geographic location.
• The Internet itself, can be considered a WAN.