Department of Computer Engineering University of California at Santa Cruz LANs, MANs, and WANs n LANs (Local area networks) Extension over a local area typically within a few kilometers Usually owned by a single organization High data rate The number of stations connect to a LAN is usually less than 100 Usually is based on broadcasting channels Some examples include Ethernet, Token Ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), local ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) networks n MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks) Covers an entire city with LAN technology Shared medium and distributed access control
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