1. LANs, WANs and MANs

2. LAN WAN LANs vs. WANs (Video) Examples WLAN MANEPN

3. LAN (Local Area Connection) O A local area network (LAN) is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area such as home, school, office building.

4. Examples on LAN O Personal area network (PAN) : is a network used for communication among one computer and different information technological devices close to one person like the printer. O Home area network (HAN) : is a residential LAN which is used for communication between digital devices typically deployed in the home, usually a small number of personal computers, such as printers. An important function is the sharing of Internet access.

5. WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) O A type of local-area network that uses high- frequency radio waves rather than wires to communicat e between nodes.

6. WAN (Wide Area Network) O Is a network that covers a large geographic area such as a city, country, or intercontinental distances, using a communications channel that combines many types of media such as telephone lines, cables, and air waves.

7. Examples on WAN O Metropolitan area network (MAN) : is a large network that usually spans a city. Sample EPN made of Frame relay WAN connections. Sample VPN used to interconnect three offices together.

8. Other Examples on WAN O Enterprise private network : is a network build by an enterprise to interconnect various company sites, production sites, head offices, remote offices, shops, in order to share computer resources.

9. LANs vs. WANs

10. Thank You Presentation done by: O Thaer Al-Kilani O Mohammed Al-Hamadani O Mohammed Riyad O Rakan Ma’ani Grade 9B1