In this section, we will discuss the different type of networks:
- Local Area Network (LAN): LAN is a small network within a home, an office or even a building.
- Wide Area Network (WAN): The purpose of a WAN is simply to extend a LAN over a large geographic distance. Imagine you own a company—at the moment, it's only a single office location; however, as time passes, your business expands to another branch office in another city or country. Since the first branch has all of your main servers and network resources, it becomes the head office. The challenge is to allow the other branch office(s) to share the existing network resources from the head office to the other branch location. The solution is to implement a WAN connection between the offices:
- Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN): A WLAN is where either an Access Point (AP) or a wireless router...