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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Local Area Network (LAN) @ 11:26 PM

What is actually LAN??
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  • A LAN is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited or in a small geographical area.
  • LAN is widely use in school computer laboratory, home, office building.
  • The simplest form of LAN is to connect two computers together or connection of the computers and devices in the office or home.
  • LAN is also a connections of less than 500 interconnected device across several building.

The characteristics of LAN:

  1. Mainly use in small areas.
  2. LAN is generally limited to specific geographical area less than 2km to have get a high speed connection.
  3. Offer high speed connection typically 100 Mbps or higher.
  4. They provide access for many devices.
  5. LAN has a specific equipment such as hubs, switches and network interface card.





The use of LAN in a building.

FIVE components of LAN:
  • Network devices such as printers.
  • Network Communications Devices such as hubs, routers, switches and components that used for network connectivity.
  • Network Interface Cards this is required to access the network. It is the interface between the machine and the physical network.
  • Cables as a physical transmission medium.
  • Network Operating System software applications required to control the use of network operation and administration.







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