Local Area Networking 101

By kichu

In the present scenario of the cyber world, everybody wants their data transacted at a very fast pace. They want lightening speed transfer of data from their friend’s computer or in the office. Now, if this were to be followed via a hardware storage device, the process will be a lot time consuming. Networking comes to the rescue here.

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Local Area Networking (LAN) is the concept utilized by most organizations, offices, internet cafes etc, when it comes to sharing information with multiple PC’s at the same time. This technology or technique has enabled users to gather data from any computer on their network onto their own computer.

There are special hardware requirements for networking too. People might need specific routers or LAN cards to establish their network. It is best that people participate in a LAN network with a computer strength of 20 to 30.

This is a very efficient model as it does not affect speed and the efficiency of the network in terms of memory sharing is also maintained. Besides, establishing a network is very easy. People only need a networking software, routers, and bridges and they will get their network up and running in no time at all.

While local area networking is not appropriate in a personal space like your home, if there is as much as two computers in a location it would be wise to network your computers, the main pros being the data and hardware shareability and the convenience in transferring data among these computers.

Networking alone cannot be coined by what is explained above, local area networking is one area of networking where a (usually physical) connection is established between computers confined to a small geographical area. The Internet and private networks established by worldwide corporations to handle their data are also networks but are known as Wide Area Networks (WAN).

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