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The document outlines various types of computer networks, including Personal Area Networks (PAN), Local Area Networks (LAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and Internetworks. Each network type is defined by its size, technology, and purpose, with LANs facilitating resource sharing within a building and WANs connecting larger geographical areas. The document also highlights the significance of the Internet as a vast internetwork that enables global communication and information sharing.

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The document outlines various types of computer networks, including Personal Area Networks (PAN), Local Area Networks (LAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and Internetworks. Each network type is defined by its size, technology, and purpose, with LANs facilitating resource sharing within a building and WANs connecting larger geographical areas. The document also highlights the significance of the Internet as a vast internetwork that enables global communication and information sharing.

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CHAPTER 2

(Types of Computer
Networks)
Types of computer networks:

• Personal Area Network

• Local Area Network

• Metropolitan Area Network

• Wide area Network

• Internetwork
Personal Area Network (PAN)

A Personal Area Network (PAN) is smallest network


which is very personal to a user. This may include
Bluetooth enabled devices or infra-red enabled devices.
PAN has connectivity range up to 10 meters.
Local Area Network (LAN)

A computer network spanned inside a building and


operated under single administrative system is generally
termed as Local Area Network (LAN).

LAN provides a useful way of sharing the resources


between end users. The resources such as printers, file
servers, scanners, and internet are easily sharable among
computers.
LANs are composed of inexpensive networking and
routing equipment. It may contains local servers serving file
storage and other locally shared applications. It mostly
operates on private IP addresses and does not involve heavy
routing. LAN works under its own local domain and controlled
centrally.

LAN uses either Ethernet or Token-ring technology. Ethernet is


most widely employed LAN technology and uses Star topology,
while Token-ring is rarely seen.

LAN can be wired, wireless, or in both forms at once.


Sample Diagram: (BASIC)
Metropolitan Area Network
(MAN)

The Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) generally expands


throughout a city such as cable TV network. It can be in the form
of Ethernet, Token-ring, ATM, or Fiber Distributed Data Interface
(FDDI).

Metro Ethernet is a service which is provided by ISPs. This


service enables its users to expand their Local Area Networks. For
example, MAN can help an organization to connect all of its
offices in a city.
Backbone of MAN is high-capacity and high-speed fiber
optics. MAN works in between Local Area Network and Wide
Area Network. MAN provides uplink for LANs to WANs or
internet.
EXAMPLES
Wide Area Network (WAN)

As the name suggests, the Wide Area Network


(WAN) covers a wide area which may span across
provinces and even a whole country. Generally,
telecommunication networks are Wide Area Network.
These networks provide connectivity to MANs and LANs.
Since they are equipped with very high speed backbone,
WANs use very expensive network equipment.
WAN may use advanced technologies such as
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay, and
Synchronous Optical Network (SONET). WAN may be managed
by multiple administration.
Example of Frame Relay
Internetwork

A network of networks is called an internetwork, or simply


the internet. It is the largest network in existence on this planet.
The internet hugely connects all WANs and it can have connection
to LANs and Home networks. Internet uses TCP/IP protocol suite
and uses IP as its addressing protocol. Present day, Internet is
widely implemented using IPv4. Because of shortage of address
spaces, it is gradually migrating from IPv4 to IPv6.

Internet enables its users to share and access enormous


amount of information worldwide. It uses WWW, FTP, email
services, audio, and video streaming etc. At huge level, internet
Internet uses very high speed backbone of fiber
optics. To inter-connect various continents, fibers are laid
under sea known to us as submarine communication cable.

Internet is widely deployed on World Wide Web


services using HTML linked pages and is accessible by client
software known as Web Browsers. When a user requests a
page using some web browser located on some Web Server
anywhere in the world, the Web Server responds with the
proper HTML page. The communication delay is very low.
Internet is serving many proposes and is
involved in many aspects of life. Some of them are:

Web sites

 E-mail

Instant Messaging

Blogging

Social Media

Marketing

Networking

Resource Sharing

Audio and Video Streaming


END

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