2.7 – Network Types

Question 1

LAN

Answer 1

Local Area Network

a. Private networks found in homes, office, & schools

b. single room to an entire building

SOHO Network
Enterprise / corporate networks

Question 2

WLAN

Answer 2

Wireless Local Area Networks

a. Can exist within a LAN or on their own

Question 3

MAN

Answer 3

Metropolitan Area Networks

a. Spread across a single city

b. Connections between sites are often privately owned & managed by the organization that use them

Question 4

WAN

Answer 4

Wide Area Network

a. Global

b. THE INTERNET = is the public WAN that anyone can get access to

c. Site-to-Site: connections are used by large organizations to connect their different locations over private WAN links

Question 5

CAN

Answer 5

Campus Area Network

a. Spread across a limited geographical distance like a college / corporate or military campus

b. It is privately owned & managed

Question 6

PAN

Answer 6

Personal Area Network

a. Small networks usually made of 2 devices

b. WIRED connections [Ethernet / USB]

c. WIRELESS [Wifi / Bluetooth / Infrared]

Question 7

SAN

Answer 7

Storage Area Network

a. Specifically built to store data

b. Network consists of high-speed fiber links & large storage servers