LANs and WANs

LANs and WANs

1. LANs is a common communication line

2. A Local Area Network LAN is a private computer network that connects computers in small physical areas example A small office A Single building, Multiple buildings inside a campus etc. Wide Area Networks (WAN) is type of computer network to connect offices which are located in different geographical locations.

3. Costly resources such as printers can be shared by all of the computers.

4. Central backing store can be provided in one place (the dedicated file server) so all work is saved together.

5. A client server network is a computer which centralized a powerful computer that all the files and resources are stored in but the computer you use doesn`t store your files in a bigger computer