Diffrerence between LAN and WAN

LAN

CONNECT IN A LIMITED GEORAPHIC AREA

SPEED IS VERY HIGH (TYPICALLLY 10/100 Mbps)

Mbps=MEGA BITS PER SECOND

TODAY WE ARE USES 1000 Mbps(GIGA BIT LAN)1Gbps

VERY INEXPENSIVE

ERROR RATE IS LOW

VERY EASY TO CONNECT

WAN

CONNECT IN UNLIMITED GEOGRAPHIC AREA

SPEED IS SLOW THAN LAN

DIAL-UP MODEM(56Kbps)

ISDN INTEGRETED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK (128Kbps)

DSL DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (128-400Mbps)

LEASED LINE (54Mbps MIN)

EXPENSIVE

ERROR RATE IS HIGH

SOPHISTICATED TO CONNECT