Difference Between LAN,MAN and WAN

Characteristics	LAN	MAN	WAN
Acronym	Local Area Network	Metropolitan Area Network	Wide Area Network
Cost	Less Costly	More Costly	Costliest
Speed	Up to 10-100Mbps	5-10Mbps	256Kbps to 2Mbps
Range	1Km	Up to 50 Kms.	Up to 10,000 Kms.
Topology	Bus and Ring	Distributed Queue Dual Bus [DQDB]	ATM, Frame Relay, Sonnet
Location of computers connected in the system	Computers are located within the same Building.	Computers are located in the city and are connected using modems or telephone lines so that they can be easily connected with Each other.	Computers are distributed all over the country or the Continent. The connection is made via satellite communication link Or via internet.

LAN,MAN and WAN

Local Area Network(LAN)

It is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building using network media.
ARCNET, Token Ring and other technology standards have been used in the past, but Ethernet over twisted pair cabling, and Wi-Fi are the two most common technologies currently used to build LANs.

LAN is generally limited to specific geographical area less than 2 K.M., supporting high speed networks. A wide variety of LANs have been built and installed, but a few types have more recently become dominant. The most widely used LAN system is the Ethernet system based on the bus topology.
Intermediate nodes (i.e., repeaters, bridges and switches) allow