CLASSIFICATION OF NETWORK
LAN
💣A LAN is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area. As an example is a home and school computer laboratory.
💣 The simplest form of LAN is to connect two computers together or connection of the computers and devices in the office or home.
💣A network which consists of less than 500 interconnected devices across several buildings, is still recognized as a LAN.
CHARATERISTICS
⇨ they are used within small areas (such as in building)
⇨ limited to specific geographical area less than 2km supporting high speed networks.
⇨ they provide access for many devices.
⇨ they offer high speed communication
⇨ they use LAN specific equipment such as hubs, switches, and network interface cards.
ADVANTAGES
⇢ easy to share devices and data
⇢ cost of LAN setup is low
⇢ sharing of resources such as printers hence cost effective
DISADVANTAGES
⇢ a good LAN is required to be on all the times
⇢ each computer and devices become another point of entry for undersirables.
⇢ if all computers running at once, can reduce speed for each.
⇢ area covered is limited.
MAN
🏢 MAN is high speed network that connects local area networks (LAN) in a metropolitan area such as city or town.
🏢 Handles the bulk of communications activity across that region.
🏢 A MAN is optimized be owned for a larger geographical area than a LAN , ranging from several blocks of buildings to entire cities.
🏢 A MAN might be owned and operated by a single organization, but it usually will be used by many individuals and organizations.
🏢 MAN can span up to 50km,devices used are modem and eirw/cable.
🏢 Example of MAN : Traffic light monitoring system, cable network TV
CHARATERISTICS
➤ It generally covers towns and cities.
➤Transmission medium used for MAN are optcal fibres, cables etc
➤They use devices such as routers, telephone, switches, and microwave antennas such as parts of their communication infrastructure.
ADVANTAGES
➤Efficiency and shared access
➤All the computer owning residents of the area have equal ability to go on line.
DISADVANTAGES
➤ It can be costly
➤ security problems
➤ the connection can lag or become quite slow.
WAN
🌏 A WAN ia a neywork that covers a large geographic area (such as city, country, or the world) using a communications channel that combines many types of media such as telephone lines, cables, and radio waves.
🌏The example is INTERNET
CHARATERISTICS
🌏They can covers a very large geograhical area ( states,countries,continents)
🌏They usually communicate at slower speeds compared to LAN and MAN
🌏Communication medium use satelite, public telephone networks whic are onnected by routers.
🌏Routers forward packets from one to another a route from the sender to the receiver.
ADVANTAGES
🌏Messages can be sent very quickly to anyone else on the network.
🌏Everyone on the network can use the same data. This avoids problems where some users may have older information than others.
🌏Share information/files over a larger area.
DISADVANTAGES
🌏Setting up a network can be an expensive and colicated experience.
🌏Security problems because exposed to virusesand hackers
🌏Maintenance problems. Large enteprises will dedicate personnel to maintaining their WAN.
👻 COMPARISON BETWEEN LAN , MAN AND WAN 👻
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