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15 WAN Introduction CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES 15.01 Wide Area Networking Overview ✓ Two-Minute Drill 15.02 HDLCp QA Self Test 15.03 PPP 2 Chapter 15: WAN Introduction he last few chapters introduced you to configuring IP features on your Cisco router. This chapter introduces you to wide area networking (WAN) concepts and some basic Tpoint-to-point configurations, including HDLC and PPP. The two chapters following this, Frame Relay and ISDN, focus on packet-switched and dialup connections, respectively. CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVE 15.01 Wide Area Networking Overview Typically, LAN connections are within a company and WAN connections allow you to connect to remote sites. Typically, you don’t own the infrastructure for WAN connections—another company, such as a telephone company, provides the infrastructure. WAN connections are usually slower than LAN connections. A derivative of WAN solutions is the metropolitan area network (MAN). MANs sometimes use high-speed LAN connections in a small geographic area between different companies, or divisions within a company. MANs are becoming more and more popular in large cities and even provide connections over a LAN medium, such as Ethernet. One of the major factors when choosing a WAN or MAN provider is cost. These connections are billed in multiple ways: flat monthly lease cost, The most important factor