Informatics Practices
Differentiate between MAN and WAN.
Computer Networks
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| MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) | WAN (Wide Area Network) |
|---|---|
| MAN can cover a city with up to a 100 km radius. | WAN can cover an entire country, continent or the globe. |
| Networking cost of MAN is expensive. | Networking cost of WAN is more expensive than MAN. |
| Transmission speed of MAN is moderate. | Transmission speed of WAN is low. |
| Error rate of MAN is moderate. | Error rate of WAN is the highest. |
| Technologies or media used are optical fibre, radio waves and microwave. | Technologies or media used are microwave and satellite. |
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