This document defines and describes 8 types of computer networks:
PAN - A personal area network within 10 meters, used to connect personal devices. HAN - A local area network within a home. SAN - A storage area network that connects storage devices to servers. LAN - A local area network within an office or building. CAN - A campus area network connecting devices within a campus. MAN - A metropolitan area network connecting LANs within a city. WAN - A wide area network extending over a large geographic area like states. GAN - A global area network that is essentially the Internet, with unlimited coverage.
This document defines and describes 8 types of computer networks:
PAN - A personal area network within 10 meters, used to connect personal devices. HAN - A local area network within a home. SAN - A storage area network that connects storage devices to servers. LAN - A local area network within an office or building. CAN - A campus area network connecting devices within a campus. MAN - A metropolitan area network connecting LANs within a city. WAN - A wide area network extending over a large geographic area like states. GAN - A global area network that is essentially the Internet, with unlimited coverage.
This document defines and describes 8 types of computer networks:
PAN - A personal area network within 10 meters, used to connect personal devices. HAN - A local area network within a home. SAN - A storage area network that connects storage devices to servers. LAN - A local area network within an office or building. CAN - A campus area network connecting devices within a campus. MAN - A metropolitan area network connecting LANs within a city. WAN - A wide area network extending over a large geographic area like states. GAN - A global area network that is essentially the Internet, with unlimited coverage.
H.A.N House Area Network S.A.N Storage Area Network L.A.N Local Area Network C.A.N Campus Area Network M.A.N Metropolitan Area Network W.A.N Wide Area Network G.A.N Global Area Network PAN a network arranged within an individual person, typically within a range of 10 meters. Used for connecting the computer devices of personal use is known as Personal Area Network. THOMAS ZIMMERMAN was the first research scientist to bring the idea of Personal Area Network. Covers an area of 30 FEET Personal computer devices that are used to develop the personal area network are the laptop, mobile phones, media player and play stations. HAN
It is actually a LAN that is used within a house and used to
connect homely devices like personal computers, printers, phones etc. SAN
SAN is a dedicated high-speed network or sub network that
interconnects and presents shared pools of storage devices to multiple servers. A SAN moves storage resources off the common user network and reorganizes them into an independent, high performance network. This enables each server to access shared storage as if it were a drive directly attached to the server. When a host wants to access a storage device on SAN, it sends out a block- based access request for the storage device LAN LAN is a group of computers connected to each other in a small area such as buildings, offices, etc. Used for connecting two or more personal computer through a communication medium such as twisted pair, coaxial cable, etc. It is less costly as it is built with inexpensive hardware such as hubs, network adapters, and Ethernet cables. The data is transferred at an extremely faster rate in LAN LAN provides higher security. CAN
It is a connection of devices within campus are which links to
other departments of the organization within same campus. MAN It is a network that covers a larger geographic area by interconnecting a different LAN to form a larger network. Government agencies uses MAN to connect to the citizens and private industries. In MAN, various LANs are connected to each other through telephone exchange line. The most widely used protocols in MAN are RS-232, Frame relay, ATM, ISDN, OC-3, ADSL, etc. It has a higher range than LAN. WAN
It is a network that extends over a large geographical area
such as states or countries. Quite bigger network than LAN. It is not limited to a single location, but it spans over a large geographical area through a telephone line, fibre optic cable or satellite links. The internet is one of the biggest WAN of the world Widely used in the field of business, government, and education. GAN
Refers to a network that is composed of different
interconnected network that covers an unlimited area.
Synonymous with the internet which is considered a GAN