A 'campus area network'('CAN') is a computer network made up of an interconnection of local area networks (LANs) within a limited geographical area. It can be considered one form of a metropolitan area network, specific to an academic setting. A computer network is an interconnected group of computers. ... LAN redirects here. ... Metropolitan area networks, or MANs, are large computer networks usually spanning a city. ...
In the case of a university campus-based campus area network, the network is likely to link a variety of campus buildings including; academic departments, the university library and student residence halls. A campus area network is larger than a local area network but smaller than a wide area network (WAN), (in some cases). A halls of residence, British English (almost always halls and not hall) or a residence hall (North American English) is a type of residential accommodation for large numbers of students. ...
The main aim of a campus area network is to facilitate students accessing internet and university resources.
Hotspots are locations where you can have access from mobile computers (such as a laptop or a PDA) without connection cables to networked services such as the internet. ...
A campusareanetwork (CAN) is a computer network made up of an interconnection of local areanetworks (LANs) within a limited geographical area.
It can be considered one form of a metropolitan areanetwork, specific to an academic setting.
In the case of a university campus-based campusareanetwork the network is likely to link a variety of campus buildings including academic departments, the university library and student residence halls.
A Local AreaNetwork (LAN) is a computer network covering a small local area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings such as a home, office, or college.
Networks such as IBM's SNA (Systems Network Architecture) were aimed at linking terminals or other mainframes at remote sites over leased lines—hence these were wide areanetworks.
The initial attraction of networking these was generally to share disk space and laser printers, which were both very expensive at the time.