Chapter 2 Section 10 Network Types

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PAN (Acronym - Use Case)

Personal Area Network - Single Person Use, Computer + Peripherals

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LAN (Acronym - Use Case)

Local Area Network - All Computers in an Office Building, Communal Services, Privately Owned Links

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VLAN (Acronym - Use Case)

Virtual Local Area Network - Virtually Segmented LAN, Managed Traffic through Switch to reduce Congestion

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WAN (Acronym - Use Case)

Wide Area Network - Multiple Locations Across State or Country Lines, Relies on public owned Links (ISP)

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MAN (Acronym - Use Case)

Metropolitan Area Network - Connects LANs within City Limits, Used by ISP to provide high speed connectivity, can be integrated into WANs

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SAN (Acronym - Use Case)

Storage Area Network - Enterprise Level Enviroments, Fast Access to Storage using highly optimized Fiber Optics and Switches, Costly!

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NAS (Acronym - Use Case)

Network Attached Storage - Dedicated file server connected to Network for shared access to storage, receives its own IP, slower than SAN