WHAT IS LOCAL AREA NETWORK(LAN) ?

The network that is limited to small area like room ,building and office are known as LOCAL AREA NETWORK. LAN consist of PC,printer ,switches and router that are connected through cable.A twisted pair cable are used in LAN for connection between two devices and to connecting two devices switches are used. Routers are used to connect devices with Network.some of the LAN technologs are           
                                       
                                       fig of LAN connecting multiple computer

• ETHERNET

• TOKEN RING

• FDDI

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