Categories of Networks- Cont

Metropolitan Area Networks o    Designed to extend over an entire city    It may be a single network e.g. Cable TV Network Or   Interconnection of a No. of LANs into a larger network    Example: A company can use a MAN to connect the LANs in all of its offices throughout a city Internetworks o    When two or more networks are connected they become an internetwork or internet o    Individual  networks  are  joined  together  by  the  use  of  Internetworking  Devices  like Routers, Gateways etc.    internet: Combination of Networks    Internet: Specific World wide Network