OBJ 1.6 Understanding Network Geography

PAN Personal Arean Network- 10 feet max - Bluetooth, USB hardrives,

LAN - Local Area Network - Connetcs componts in a limited distance, generally up to 100 meters or 300 feet.

Wi-Fi- 802.11

Ethernet - 802.3

CAN- Campus Area Network - A building centric network that is spread across specefic buildings. Like for universities.

College Campuses, Buisness parks, military bases.

MAN - Metropolitian Area Network

Connedcts locations that are scattered across the entire city 25 miles max. police dept, dept of motor vehicles.

WAN- Wide area network - Connects geographilly disperate private entworks.

Lease lines

Virtual private networks.

Large Geographic Area. - Internet is the largest WAN. govt of the us. all the govt offices.

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