what is the advantage of the metropolitan area network? * sharing of resources such as printers; hence cost effective. * can send local emails
MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
As the network consists of many computers over the span of a city (various HAN networks) the connection can lag or become quite slow.
No, the Internet is considered a Wide Area Network (WAN)
Living downtown allows people to experience the city. One disadvantage is the fact that things will be more expensive downtown.
It is a Metropolitan Area Network
It connects all of your computers and servers together on the network, and is typically very fast, like 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) or 1000 Mbps.
LAN<local area network> , WAN<wide area network> , MAN <metropolitan area network>, Backbone network.
A WAN usually crosses multiple city, state, or national boundaries. A MAN is confined to a single metropolitan area.
Examples for Metropolitan area network is a network of fire station, newspaper/media company, a chain of community colleges
LAN - Local Area Network MAN - METROPOLITAN area network WAN - Wide Area Network
Metropolitan area network.