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LAN. A data network limited to a small geographic .

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Posted by sagitraz

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings, such as a school, or an airport. The defining characteristics of LANs, in contrast to wide-area networks (WANs), include their usually higher data-transfer rates, smaller geographic range, and lack of a need for leased telecommunication lines.

Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair cabling, and Wi-Fi are the two most common technologies currently, but ARCNET, Token Ring and many others have been used in the past.

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Posted by waqasahmad

LAN is usually for 100 meter range private network uses for private network

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Posted by HamidAliKhan

LAN. A data network limited to a small geographic a LAN can be as small as a couple of devices connected on the same net' or as large as a campus wide installation with numerous buildings and thousands of addressable devices on the same network.

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Posted by anish_kris