Assignment for October 22,2008

local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings, such as a school, or an airport.

Metropolitan area networks, or MANs, are large computer networks usually spanning a city.

Wide Area Network (WAN) is a computer networkthat covers a broad area (i.e., any network whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries.

Hub generally means center' or 'place', and may refer to
Node (networking) in a computer network

• Network Hub, computer networking device

router is a computer whose software and hardware are usually tailored to the tasks of routing and forwarding information.

A Network card, Network Adapter, LAN Adapter or NIC (network interface card) is a piece of computer designed to allow computers to communicate over a computer network.

MAN: Modem-128 - 384 Kbps (Kilobytes per second) /$130
DSL-up to 24Mbps downstream and 3.5Mbps upstream)/ $82 to $115
BellSouth FastAccess DSL Xtreme -speeds of up to 3Mbps/ $5 to $37.95 per month.