Types of Networks
Types of Networks
Title of Paper
Networks are the connections between two devices. How they are interconnected changes the type of network, while the principle is the same as our communication. Networks are made to exchange information in the shortest path possible with the best replication of the original data. Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), Campus Area Networks (CAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) and Home Area Networks (HAN) are all varieties of how devices can be interconnected to each other over a variety of distances (Peter Norton / University of Phoenix, 2006).
The smallest network consists of just two devices connected to each other through some medium either a wireless method like Bluetooth™ or a cabled connection with Category 5 twisted pair cable, known as CAT-5. This smallest setup is known as a Local Area Network, which is not connected to a global information system like the internet (Peter Norton / University of Phoenix, 2006). WANs are geographically separated systems that are on the same network, these systems connect over public utilities but can appear to each other as a logical neighbor by using a technology known as Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) (CISCO, n.d.). Not all WANs will contain a VLAN.
Hybrid networks occur when an intranet and extranet are combined. An example is a CAN network which may allow campus area LAN computers to connect to a global system creating a bridge that accesses more networks outside of the hosts physical local and logical networks.
References CISCO. (n.d.). VLANs. Retrieved from http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/vlans.html
Peter Norton / University of Phoenix. (2006). Norton: Computing Fundamentals. Retrieved from Peter Norton / University of Phoenix, CIS105 website.
Title of Paper
Networks are the connections between two devices. How they are interconnected changes the type of network, while the principle is the same as our communication. Networks are made to exchange information in the shortest path possible with the best replication of the original data. Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), Campus Area Networks (CAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) and Home Area Networks (HAN) are all varieties of how devices can be interconnected to each other over a variety of distances (Peter Norton / University of Phoenix, 2006).
The smallest network consists of just two devices connected to each other through some medium either a wireless method like Bluetooth™ or a cabled connection with Category 5 twisted pair cable, known as CAT-5. This smallest setup is known as a Local Area Network, which is not connected to a global information system like the internet (Peter Norton / University of Phoenix, 2006). WANs are geographically separated systems that are on the same network, these systems connect over public utilities but can appear to each other as a logical neighbor by using a technology known as Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) (CISCO, n.d.). Not all WANs will contain a VLAN.
Hybrid networks occur when an intranet and extranet are combined. An example is a CAN network which may allow campus area LAN computers to connect to a global system creating a bridge that accesses more networks outside of the hosts physical local and logical networks.
References CISCO. (n.d.). VLANs. Retrieved from http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/vlans.html
Peter Norton / University of Phoenix. (2006). Norton: Computing Fundamentals. Retrieved from Peter Norton / University of Phoenix, CIS105 website.
References: CISCO. (n.d.). VLANs. Retrieved from http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/vlans.html Peter Norton / University of Phoenix. (2006). Norton: Computing Fundamentals. Retrieved from Peter Norton / University of Phoenix, CIS105 website.