MetropolitanandWideAreaNetworks.pptVIP

Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks Chapter 8 Introduction Metropolitan area networks (MANs) typically span from 3 to 30 miles and connect backbone networks (BNs), and LANs. Wide area networks (WANs) connect BNs and MANs across longer distances, often hundreds of miles or more. Most organizations cannot afford to build their own MANs and WANs, so they rent or lease circuits from common carriers such as ATT, MCI, BellSouth, PACTEL or NYNEX. How to connect LANs/BNs to WAN/MAN? Two approaches to building up a WAN/MAN: Build up a private network for LANs/BNs e.g. banking network. You need to ren