Monday, July 19, 2010

Metropolitan Area Networks

A metropolitan area network or MAN is basically a bigger version of a LAN and normally uses similar technology. A MAN can support both data and voice, and might even be related to the local cable television network. A MAN just has one or two cables and does not contain switching elements, which shunt packets over one of several potential output lines. It is called DQDB

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