Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 544 from 2003/2/25
From: France
Hello Unit8,
LAN stands for : Local Area Network (usually Ethernet 10/100/1000)
WAN stands for : Wide Area Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) over internet for example to bind 2 different LAN)
There is another one : MAN which stands for Metropolitan Area Network. Used for city's network infrastructure.
Regards,
Have a nice day.
Today, Bordeaux [FR] 12.57PM Sunny, 19°C.
