Comparison Among Internetworks
Now let’s take a look at the speed and range capacity of these internetworks briefly and then discuss about the benefits and disadvantages of the internetworks.
|
Internetwork Type |
Speed Capacity |
Range Capacity |
|---|---|---|
|
Local Area Network (LAN) |
10 Mbps to 100 Gbps |
Within a building or campus |
|
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) |
10 Mbps to 10 Gbps |
Up to tens of kilometers |
|
Wide Area Network (WAN) |
1.5 Mbps to 100 Gbps |
Across cities, regions, or globally |
|
Internet |
Varies widely |
Global |
|
Intranet |
Varies widely |
Limited to the organization’s internal use |
|
Extranet |
Varies widely |
Limited to authorized external entities |
|
Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
Varies widely |
Depends on the underlying network infrastructure |
|
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networks |
Varies based on setup |
Limited to direct connections between peers |
Types Of Internetwork
Internetwork is a combination of two different words, “inter” and “network” where the inter simply means a connection and network means the system or a group of interconnected machines and systems operating at some level, based on different criteria we have different sorts of Internet works available in the computer networks in this article we will understand and look at some of the most common types of Internet works mostly every network in chooses one of the types mentioned in this article.