What is a LAN?

The LAN or the local area network mainly consists two or more computers that are connected together in a building or home using both of the hardware or the software. It is being contrasted into WAN or the wide area network like the internet covering larger geographic area. In the LAN, there is a main server or computer, and remote computers known as the clients. By simply making this kind of network in the office or home, the computers connected on it could simply share resources, files and internet connection if desired.

There are two kinds of LAN, these are the wireless or the wired. The wired LAN needs an Ethernet able in order to connect all of the computers physically to the network to the major device known as a switch. The wireless kind of network mainly uses radio waves to communicate, getting rid of the wires. Thus, the hardware used in the network has to be wired or wireless kind.

In terms of setting up a LAN, it is very much easy. All of the operating systems in e Microsoft have also included the built-in networking software. When it comes to the hardware, every computer needs a kind of network interface card and the switch is also needed.