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Chapter 4 Types of Network 4.1 LAN and WAN 4.2 Network Topology Bus Star Ring Mesh 4.1 LANs, MANs and WANs According to the geographical area covered, networks can be classified into LAN Local Area Network MAN Metropolitan Area Network WAN Wide Area Network PAN Personal Area Network 4.1.1 LAN Local Area Network (LAN) formed by joining computers in short distances e.g. within the same building or within a campus can be found in home, offices, schools and universities, etc. the technology used is mainly Ethernet maximum effective length of UTP cable 100 m sometimes need fiber-optic cables 4.1.1 LAN 4.1.2 MAN Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) connects two or more LANs within a specific geographic region e.g. town/city Each LAN is connected to a router by long distance communication links phone lines microwave fiber-optic cable mainly private users are required to login to use the service except for those maintained by ISPs 4.1.2 MAN 4.1.3 WAN Wide Area Network (WAN) connects two or more LANs distances measured in miles across countries by routers and communication links Large companies: private WANs each branch form a LAN linked together to form the WAN The Internet public WAN supported by ISPs all over the world 4.1.3 WAN PAN Personal Area Network (PAN) linking mobile devices to a computer Mainly BlueTooth 4.1.4 Users’ View Users cannot easily distinguish between LAN, MAN and WAN because they look and operate in similar way 4.2 Network Topology Network topology the shape of the logical linking of devices on a network Common topologies bus star ring 4.2.1 Bus Topology (1/2) Bus topology consists of a long cable to link the devices on the network shared medium usually a coaxial cable Adv: easy to install least amount of cable Disadv: difficult to trouble-shoot main cable fails → entire network fails Typical examples Ethernet 10Base-2, 10Base-5 4.2.1 Bus Topology (2/2) 4.2.2 Star Topology (1/2) Star topology consists of a