NETWORK TYPE

I have already told you about network and networking. So now today we are going to understand the different types of Network. 

 

LAN :-  LAN is the short form of Local Area Network. It is a network in which distance matter a lot. In a small organization LAN network is used. As the name says local area network means the network is only used locally. 

There are further many types of LAN 

PAN:- Personal Area Network this network is so much limited its area is only 1 meter to 3 meter. This kind of networks are only used at homes most of the time. 

SAN:- Storage Area Network, Any work performance by the user is stored in the backend is called storage area network. 

WLAN:- Wi-Fi LAN this is a wi-fi and its range is about 50-60 meters usually. 

CAN:- Campus Area Network. This kind of network is used in collages and university campus. 

MAN:- Metropolitan Area Network. This kind of network covered a city, mean the distance of this network is larger than other. Examples of this network is wi-max, cable TV and Bangalore city.

  

WAN :- Wide Area Network, as the name itself says that this network cover all over the world.  

LAN is further divide into two types 

WORKGROUP :- In it connection is point-point and no centralized control is present. 

DOMAIN:- In this kind of network communication takes place by the centralized control, means there are server and client technology used.