What are the types of networking according to size?

Question

what are the types of networking according to size?it's a part of our assignment in computer.

Answer 1

LAN - Local Area Network

WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

WAN - Wide Area Network

MAN - Metropolitan Area Network

SAN - Storage Area Network, System Area Network, Server Area Network, or sometimes Small Area Network

CAN - Campus Area Network, Controller Area Network, or sometimes Cluster Area Network

PAN - Personal Area Network

DAN - Desk Area Network  

Answer 2

as the question is a pert of an assignment, then the answer should be:

LAN - Local Area Network (from 2 computers to up to a complete building)

MAN - Metropolitan Area Network (larger than lan and cover up to a small city)

WAN - Wide Area Network ( the internet is a WAN)

Answer 3

In order from smallest to largest

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class A

Class A networks (0.x.x.x to 127.x.x.x) have an 8-bit network prefix with a 32-bit host number, and are also referred to as /8 networks.

The first bit is set to 0 to identify the network as a Class A type; this results in 128 (27) possible Class A networks, but those with prefix 0 and 127 are used for special functions and the upper half (with prefixes above 64) are reserved for future use.

Class B networks (128.0.x.x to 191.255.x.x) have a 16-bit network prefix with a 16-bit host number, and are also referred to as /16 networks.

The first two bits of the prefix are set to 10, hence there are 214 (16384) possible Class B networks; currently around 12000 are defined (65%).

IP Network Numbers - Class C

Class C networks (192.0.0.x to 223.255.255.x) require 24 bits to identify the network, leaving 8 to identity the host, and are also referred to as /24 networks.

The first three bits of the network prefix are set to 110, hence there are 221 (2097152) possible Class C networks; currently around 800000 are defined (40%).