2.7 Internet Connection: Network Types

Question 1

Network types

Answer 1

Network types used to connect devices in room or across world

Question 2

LAN

Answer 2

Local area network

A building or group of buildings
- high speed connection

Ethernet and 802.11 wireless
- any slower and its not local

Question 3

WAN

Answer 3

Wide area network
- spanning the globe

Connects LAN’s across a distance
- slower then LAN

WAN technologies

• point to point, MPLS (fiber, copper wire in ground)
• terrestrial and non terrestrtrial (satellite)

Question 4

PAN

Answer 4

Personal area Network

• within your own immediate area
• own private network
• bluetooth, IR, NFC

Automobile
- connect audio to Bluetooth

Phone with wireless earphones

Health

Question 5

MAN

Answer 5

Metropolitan Area Network

• network in city
• Larger the LAN smaller then WAN
• managed by one central provider in area

Connects through Ethernet port

Common to see government ownership

Question 6

WMN

Answer 6

Wireless Mesh Network

All devices connect together
- mesh cloud

Self form
- connects to each other automatically

Reacts to changes

Many different network technologies

• zigbee
• z-wave
• 802.11