-Section 2-6: Network Geography

Question 1

PAN

Answer 1

Personal Area Network - Smallest type of wired or wireless network.

Question 2

PAN Examples

Answer 2

Bluetooth; USB Hard Drive to Desktop/Laptop; Firewire Video Camera to Computer

Question 3

LAN

Answer 3

Local Area Network - Connects components over a limited distance.

Question 4

CAN

Answer 4

Campus Area Network - Connects building-centric LANS

Question 5

MAN

Answer 5

Metropolitan Area Network - Connects networks across a metropolitan area. (25-mile radius in larger cities; >CAN but <WAN)

Question 6

WAN

Answer 6

Wide Area Network - Connects Geographically disparate networks around the country/globe.