{"id":156,"date":"2020-02-09T22:12:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T22:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2020-02-12T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:42:58","slug":"lan-vs-wan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/alevelcs\/lan-vs-wan\/","title":{"rendered":"LAN vs WAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Local Area Network (LAN)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<p><strong>Local Area Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A client &#8211; server network based in a single location is known as a <strong>Local Area Network<\/strong> (LAN). LAN networks are usually located in a single building or small cluster of buildings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-778\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/gcsecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/01\/lan-diagram.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Wide Area Network (WAN)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h3>Wide Area Network<\/h3>\n<p>Organisations which are based across a wider site are usually made up of a number of individual Local Area Networks , but all these LANs would be joined together using a <strong>bridge, router or modem<\/strong>, in order to form a large <strong>Wide Area Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This allows multiple LANs to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share access to devices such as printers and scanners<\/li>\n<li>Share file access across multiple LANs<\/li>\n<li>Share access to a single internet service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>internet<\/strong> is an example of a very, very large WAN.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-779\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/gcsecs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/01\/wan-diagram-with-lan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"962\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Area Network A client &#8211; server network based in a single location is known as a Local Area Network (LAN). 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