Compare LAN, MAN and WAN.

Compare LAN, MAN and WAN.
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LAN
MAN
WAN
1. Area – Network within a single building or campus of up to a few kilometres in size. 10 … 1 Km campus.
1.Area-Network within over an entire city. Up to 10km
1.Area – Network spans a large geographical area after a country or continent 100 km …1000km country ….continent
2. LAN network has very high speed mainly due to proximity of computer and network devices.
2.MAN network has lower speed compared to LAN.
2.WAN speed varies based on geographical location of the servers. WAN connects several LANs
3. Bandwidth is low.
3. Bandwidth is moderate.
3. Bandwidth is high.
4. Transmission media – coaxial cable. 
4.Transmission mediacables, PSTN, optical fibre cables, wireless
4. Transmission media – PSTN or Satellite links.
5. Data rate is high.
5. Data rate is moderate.
5. Data rate is low.
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BASIS OF COMPARISON
LAN
MAN
WAN
Expands to
Local Area Network
Metropolitan Area Network 
Wide Area Network
Area
A network that connects a group of computers in a small geographical area.
It covers relatively large region such as cities, towns.
It spans large locality and connects countries together. Example Internet.
Ownership of Network
Private
Private or Public
Private or Public 
Design and maintenance
Easy
Difficult
Difficult
Propagation Delay
Short
Moderate
Long
Speed
High, typically 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps
High, typically 100 Mbps
Slow, about 1.5 Mbps (May vary based on wireless technologies used)
Fault Tolerance
More Tolerant 
Less Tolerant
Less Tolerant
Congestion
Less
More
More
Congestion
College, School, Hospital.
Small towns, City.
Country/Continent.
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