Lesson 1: Networking Architectures

A number of network architectures are now available for developers building corporate solutions. These architectures can be divided into either local area networks (LANs) or wide area networks (WANs). In today's business environment, most solutions must be able to support both a LAN and a WAN environment. This lesson explains the various network architectures currently available.

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After this lesson you will be able to:

• Describe the differences between LANs and WANs.
• Compare and contrast the global Internet and private intranets .

Estimated lesson time 5 minutes

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