{"id":22378,"date":"2017-02-19T13:51:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T13:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/?p=22378"},"modified":"2024-11-16T14:44:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T14:44:45","slug":"differences-between-lan-man-and-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/differences-between-lan-man-and-wan\/","title":{"rendered":"Differences between LAN, MAN and WAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Overview<\/h1>\n<p>Let&#8217;s learn the differences between different computer network types like LAN, MAN, and WAN.<\/p>\n<p>Computer networks can be broadly classified based on their network coverage area. Computer networks are classified into the following types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LAN(Local Area Network)<\/li>\n<li>MAN(Metropolitan Area Network)<\/li>\n<li>WAN(Wide Area Network)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>LAN vs MAN vs WAN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some of the differences between LAN, MAN, and WAN computer networks are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>LAN\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MAN\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WAN\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>LAN stands for Local Area Network<\/td>\n<td>MAN stands for Metropolitan Area Network<\/td>\n<td>WAN stands for Wide Area Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Installation: Easy<\/p>\n<p>LAN setup and installation are easy<\/td>\n<td>Installation: Moderately Easy<\/p>\n<p>Easy to install than WAN<\/td>\n<td>Installation: Difficult<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s difficult to set up and install a WAN computer network.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Geographical area of the network: Building<\/p>\n<p>A LAN computer network is restricted to a small area in the same building or on the same campus<\/td>\n<td>Geographical area of the computer\u00a0 network: City<\/p>\n<p>A MAN computer network is located within the city<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Geographical area of the computer\u00a0 network: Country, Continent, or World wide coverage<\/p>\n<p>A WAN computer network has wider geographical area coverage of a country, continent, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Computer Network Ownership:<\/p>\n<p>Owned by a single organization.<\/td>\n<td>Computer Network Ownership:<\/p>\n<p>Owned by few organizations<\/td>\n<td>Computer Network Ownership:<\/p>\n<p>Owned by many organizations and ISPs(Internet Service Providers)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cost: Low<\/p>\n<p>LAN setup and data transmission cost is low<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cost: Moderate<\/p>\n<p>MAN setup and data transmission speed are moderate<\/td>\n<td>Cost: High<\/p>\n<p>WAN setup and data transmission cost is high.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Few data transmission errors occur<\/td>\n<td>Medium data transmission errors occur<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Data transmission errors are high<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Speed: High<\/p>\n<p>LAN computer network data transmission rate is\u00a0 high<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speed: Moderate<\/p>\n<p>MAN network data transmission rate is moderate<\/td>\n<td>Speed: Low<\/p>\n<p>WAN computer network data transmission rate is low<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>In a LAN network computers are physically connected<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the MAN network computers are physically not connected<\/td>\n<td>In a WAN network computers are not physically connected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Error isolation and maintenance are easy<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderate<\/td>\n<td>Error isolation and maintenance are difficult<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Network Security risks: Low<\/p>\n<p>Low security risks and concerns<\/td>\n<td>Network Security risks: High<\/p>\n<p>Security risks and concerns are High<\/td>\n<td>Network Security risks: High<\/p>\n<p>Security risks and concerns are High<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Let&#8217;s learn the differences between different computer network types like LAN, MAN, and WAN. Computer networks can be broadly classified based on their network coverage area. Computer networks are classified into the following types: LAN(Local Area Network) MAN(Metropolitan Area Network) WAN(Wide Area Network) LAN vs MAN vs WAN Some of the differences between LAN, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[661],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22378"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23200,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378\/revisions\/23200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}