Difference between CAN and WAN
1. Campus Area Network (CAN) :
Campus Area Network (CAN) is a group of interconnected Local Area Networks (LAN) within a limited geographical area like school campus, university campus, military bases, or organizational campuses and corporate buildings etc. A Campus Area Network is larger than Local Area Network but smaller than Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN).
2. Wide Area Network (WAN) :
WAN covers the large area than LAN as well as MAN such as: Country/Continent etc. WAN is expensive and should or might not be owned by one organization. PSTN or Satellite medium are used for wide area network.
Difference between CAN and WAN :
| S.No. | CAN | WAN |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | CAN stands for Campus Area Network. | WAN stands for Wide Area Network. |
| 2. | Connects two or more LANs within a campus. | Connects geographically separated LANs. |
| 3. | It covers a privately-owned campus with an area of 5 to 10 KM. | Spans large geographical area more than 100 KM. |
| 4. | The data transmission rate is variable. | The data transmission rate is from 64Kbps to 150 Mbps. |
| 5. | It is Expensive then LAN. | It is Most Expensive. |
| 6. | It doesn’t use the ITU standard. | It Uses the ITU standard. |
| 7. | The networking devices such as a hub, switch, Bridge, and gateway are used. | The networking devices such as a hub, switch, Bridge, and gateway are used. |
| 8. | It contains Less congestion compare WAN. | It contains Most congestion network compared to CAN. |
