Border Gateway Protocol.
They are best suited for use on WANs.
The de facto standard on the Internet is the TCP/IP protocol suite. It has also become the protocol of choice for Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs) due to its robustness, scalability, and interoperability. TCP/IP allows for seamless communication between different devices and networks, making it widely adopted in various network environments.
For WANs depending on the protocol the packets can be very different. For LANs, the ring topology insists on special packets proceeded by a "token".
WANS was created on 1949-06-01.
WANs can use FDDI networks
MANs typically cover a shorter geographical range then WANs.
WANs exist over many miles, across several cities, and even around the world
Mieszko was the name of one of the rulers of Poland - http://www.answers.com/topic/mieszko-i-of-poland?initiator=WANS (ca. http://www.answers.com/topic/935?initiator=WANS-http://www.answers.com/topic/992?initiator=WANS).
WANs
9th October 1974
in gok wans house
Similarities between LANS and WANS is that they are both networks and can cover small geographical areas.