The Local Area Network (LAN) and the Wide Area Network (WAN) are both types of data networks. Their main difference is in scale, with LANs intended for communication within a room or building and WANs ...

Talking about a LAN -- a local area network -- and the Internet is a discussion about two different animals, with the Internet being much bigger than a LAN. Not only does size differentiate a LAN from ...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on our annual LANs Technology Tour event. This year’s theme is “Orchestrating Your Network Assets,” which having just returned from our recent spate of tours ...

In this e-guide we will explore some of the key trends driving the market for campus LANs and ask how to implement one, find out how one user went about building a network from the ground up on a ...

A data communications network within a home or office. "Local network," "local area network" and "LAN" are synonymous. Today's local network standards are TCP/IP, Ethernet and Wi-Fi. See LAN. THIS ...

“Traditional LAN designs are constrained by a PC-centric world, thereby placing intelligent systems at risk of significant cyber threats and poor environmental stewardship, as well as negatively ...

Once you've identified your needs, it's time to take that next step: actually setting up your network. In this tutorial we'll start with a basic network: two laptops, connected by Ethernet cable to a ...

Spoiler: there isn’t just one network definition. Learn everything you need to assess various network types, topologies, and architectures. The simple network definition: a system that links other ...

One of the best ways to do this is by setting up a Local Area Network (LAN) party over Wi-Fi. Not everyone these days has time to set up Ethernet cables, so using Wi-Fi is much easier and less ...

There are some cases when a PC is connected to the internet but will only allow browsing on websites such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, or Wikipedia. This often results from updating one's operating ...