Hi everyone! So we had an interesting project during our Computer Science Lab the other day. We had to built our own network model, using recyclable items! It was really fun as we can use our creativity and create the teamwork spirit among us. My group consists of Nadiah, Kamilia, Syera and Husna. It only took us two days to finish up the model as we all did our parts.
Network is basically classified into three; Local Area Network (LAN), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), and Wide Area Network (WAN).
Our group decided to do a network model on MAN as we thought it would be interesting to built our own city.
Check out our MAN network model!
So the major difference between these three networks is the area of coverage.
LAN
A local area network (LAN) is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area such as a home, school computer laboratory, office building.
LANs are owned and operated by single person or organization.
MAN
A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a high-speed network that connects local area networks LANs) in a metropolitan area such as a city or town and handles the bulk of communications activity across the region.
MANs are owned and managed by a group of users or by a single network provider that sells the service to the users.
WAN
WANs are network that covers a wide geographical area such as a city, country, or the world.
WANs have no ownership and guess what ? The Internet itself is the world's largest WAN. Cool info, right?
So that's it for classification of network. thank you for reading! :)
