The network areas displayed here are sorted by size in ascending order:
- Personal Area Network (PAN). Are <10 m.
- Storage Area Network (SAN) is a dedicated network for storage devices.
- Local Area Network (LAN)
- Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
- Wide Area Network (WAN)
SAN
Storage Area Network (SAN) is a dedicated network for storage devices.
You can read this post about SAN.
LAN Technologies
LAN technologies:
- Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)
- Token Bus (IEEE 802.4)
- Token Ring (IEEE 802.5)
WAN Technologies
WAN technologies:
- X.25
- Frame Relay
- TCP/IP
- ATM
ATM
You can read this post about Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).