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LAN Report

This document provides an overview of local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs). It discusses the history and components of LANs, including computers, network interface cards, cables, hubs, switches, routers, and protocols. LANs connect computers in a limited area and allow users to access data and share files. WANs cover larger geographic areas using various media like telephone lines. They operate at lower speeds over long distances and provide full-time or part-time connectivity between remote devices. Key components of WANs are routers, switches, and modems. WANs transmit data in packets over shared circuits in either point-to-point or packet-switched configurations.

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LAN Report

This document provides an overview of local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs). It discusses the history and components of LANs, including computers, network interface cards, cables, hubs, switches, routers, and protocols. LANs connect computers in a limited area and allow users to access data and share files. WANs cover larger geographic areas using various media like telephone lines. They operate at lower speeds over long distances and provide full-time or part-time connectivity between remote devices. Key components of WANs are routers, switches, and modems. WANs transmit data in packets over shared circuits in either point-to-point or packet-switched configurations.

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PREPARED BY MARIFE ARCENAL BSIT-4

Brief History of Local Area Networks


Two full generations ago, in the early days of the data revolution, each computer served
only a single user.
Time Sharing.
The idea of distributed computation being that applications programs would reside on one
central computer called the Server.
Distributed computation.

LAN
It is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area.
Most LANs connect workstations and personal computers and enable users to access
data and anywhere on the network.

Components of LAN
Computers: Computers serve as the endpoints in the network, sending and receiving data.

o Interconnections: Interconnections enable data to travel from one point to another
in the network.
NICs: Network interface cards (NIC) translate the data produced by the
computer into a format that can be transmitted over the LAN.
Network media: Network media, such as cables or wireless media, transmit
signals from one device on the LAN to another.
Network devices:
o Hubs: Allow for communications between devices for sending and receiving
packets of data.
o Ethernet switches: A network switch that transmits data at Ethernet standard
rates.
o Routers: Primary function of a router is to connect networks together and keep
certain kinds of broadcast traffic under control.
Protocols: A standard used to define a method of exchanging data over a computer
network such as local area network, internet and etc.

o -Ethernet protocols
o -Internet Protocol (IP)

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FUNCTION OF LAN
Data and applications: When users are connected through a network, they can share
files and even software application programs.
Resources: The resources that can be shared.
Communication path to other networks: If a resource is not available locally, the
LAN, through a gateway, can provide connectivity to remote resources.
WAN
It is a computer network that covers a large geographic area such as city, country using a
communications channel that combines many types of media such as telephone, lines,
cables, and air waves.
WAN are designed to:
Operate over a large geographical area.
Provide access over serial interfaces operating at lower speeds.
Provide full-time and part time connectivity connect device separated over wide, even
global areas

MAIN COMPONENTS OF WAN
Routers- An electronic device that connects a local area network (LAN) to a wide area
network (WAN) and handles the task of routing messages between the two networks.
Switch - A switch is a network device that selects a path or circuit for sending a unit of
data to its next destination.
Modem - Short for modulator/demodulator, a modem enables a computer to
communicate with other computers over telephone lines.


HOW DOES WAN WORKS
WANs are either point-to-point, involving a direct connection between two sites, or
operate across packet-switched networks, in which data is transmitted in packets over
shared Circuits.


PREPARED BY MARIFE ARCENAL BSIT-4

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