14.9.10 What Is The Difference Between LANs, WLANs, PANs, And Other Network Types?
Compares the principal networking technologies used to interconnect computers, mobile devices, and personal electronic equipment. Explains the characteristics, applications, and limitations of wired LANs, wireless LANs, and personal area networks, while providing a bridge to the study of internetworking in the next chapter.
- Why Are There So Many Different Network Technologies?
- What Is a Local Area Network (LAN)?
- What Is a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)?
- What Is a Personal Area Network (PAN)?
- What Is Bluetooth?
- What Is Zigbee?
- What Is Near Field Communication (NFC)?
- How Do These Technologies Compare?
- Can Different Network Types Work Together?
- Which Technology Should Be Chosen?
- How Are Network Technologies Continuing to Evolve?
- How Does This Lead to the Internet?
- What Should You Remember?