Wednesday 22 August 2012

(MAN) Metropolitan Area Network


               









              Use of MANs to provide regional networks which share the cost of access to a WAN

A Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) is a large computer network that spans a metropolitan area or campus. Its geographic scope falls between a WAN and LAN. MAN provide Internet connectivity for LANs in a metropolitan region, and connect them to wider area networks like the Internet.

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