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PAGE PAGE # 什么是局域网 局域网指有限区域(如办公室或楼层)内的多台计算机通过共享 的传输介质互连，所组成的封闭网络。接下来为大家整理了什么是局 域网，希望对你有帮助哦！ There are two categories of networks: local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs). Here I#39;d like to mainly talk about LAN. A LAN is a system of computers and associated peripherals such as Printers that are physically connected by cable within a limited geographical area-typically in an office building or on a college campus. The topology of the network may be ring, star or bus. LANs use fiber optics or coaxial cable to connect computers, and each computer must have special communications software installed oil its hard disk. Software has been developed that allows computers with different platforms to coexist and exchange data on the same LAN. The LAN Operating System;;Net Ware Novell#39;s Net ware has become the strongest competitor to IBM#39;s own network operating environment and predates IBM in its support for LANs. In fact,IBM now markets Net ware for both the PC Network and for Token Ring in addition to its own software.The key to Net ware is the file server software and directories on the server are mapped to network drives, thus operating like virtual diskettes from a user#39;s perspective. The server software is a multitasking operating system with a file structure consistent with DOS 2.x and DOS 3.x. The Net ware shell in each workstation intercepts 21H DOS calls and redirects appropriate calls to the server. Perhaps the primary advantage of Net ware is that it runs on a wide variety of networking hardware.Regardless of whether you choose an IBM network, Corvus OMNINET, ATamp;T Star LAN, etc., you can obtain Net ware as the operating environment. In fact, if you have one of each the user will not be able to tell the difference(unless there are some distinct performance differentials), and they can be interconnected through Novell#39;s system of bridges and gateways. A File Server Many networks are managed by a computer called a file server.A fi