Networks, Telecommunications and Mobile Techonology

7.1 Compare LANs, WANs, and MANs.
LANs are also known as local area networks. This unites computers near the same range of computers. This includes in schools or offices or even in a home, areas that are locally connected. WANs, or wide area network, is exactly what it stands for. This is a network that can connect computers over a large distance such as a whole state or country. WANs can also connect multiple smaller networks including LANs.  Wide area networks include the internet. Metropolitan area networks, or MANs is a network that stretches across a city.

7.2 Describe the business benefits associated with VoIP.
Voice over IPs cover long distance telephone lines. Business benefit from the 10% of phone calls that are trasmitted by VoIPs. They provide easier development and incorporates applications through certain standards. These standards provide more options and new applications that are cheap. They gain through saving on costs, at the same time, improving productivity and services. To ensure business security, VoIPs monitors traffic.  

7.3 Explain the difference between a VPN and a VAN.
Virtual private networks, or VPNs is secure service offered to access networks by using the public telecommunications. Value added networks, on the other hand, has a high connection that information is transferred through privately.

7.4 Identify the advantages and disadvantages of broadband technology.
Broadband technology  provides many different services that can benefit or harm a corporation. The advantages of broadband technology would include increasing the speed of the business. Broadband offers high speed internet.

7.5 List and describe many of the network security problems.
Networks can experience problems with security in various ways. A focus on network access approval, network control and data protection are important to the security of the site. Firms should monitor who can access the network and limit their control to modify the data.