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What's An Ethernet MAN, And How Do The Work?

When it comes to connecting to the internet (or any intranet), there's a few ways to go about it. To get there, you have to go through a network, which most people connect to using Ethernet. The type of network is up to you, but we're going to talk about one in particular: the Ethernet MAN.

The first step to accessing a network is to connect to it, and while there are a few options available, the most common method is to use Ethernet. In short, Ethernet is a networking standard that connects nodes on a network (a node is anything connected to a network, like a computer) and establishes both the means for that connection (i. E. The cabling) and the processes for that connection (i. E. The network protocol). The cables themselves are easy enough to spot, since they look like a regular phone jack, but bigger.

The next step is understanding the network that you are now connected to. There are several types of networks, and each one defines the radius of that network as well as the typical use for that network (generally speaking). An example of such a network would be a Local Area Network (a. K. A. A LAN). These are the smallest types of networks and generally only connect a handful of nodes. They're commonly found in the average person's home.

Another type of network (and the polar opposite of a LAN) is a Wide Area Network (a. K. A. WAN). Like a LAN, they connect various nodes to one another, but unlike a LAN, they can be as big as the world itself. In fact, that's why the internet itself is technically a WAN. They can have an infinite number of nodes, which (when added with distance) makes them traditionally slow when performing networking tasks such as file sharing.

So where does a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) come into this equation? Well, it's essentially dead in the middle. It's too big to be considered a LAN (especially because they usually consist of several smaller LANs) but they're nowhere near as massive as a WAN. They're established to grant intranet (or internet) access to a certain selection of people that are supposed to be part of the network, and are usually centralized around a particular institution.

An example of such an institution would be a college campus. They establish MANs to grant their students access to the internet as well as the school's personal servers. With access to this network, the students could create their own LAN with their own connecting nodes. They're still a part of the MAN itself, and those not connected to that LAN or the MAN itself cannot be a part of either.

So an Ethernet MAN (as comparatively speaking to a LAN or a WAN) has no set size. They're as big as their business or institution makes them, which is usually big enough to house a number of smaller LANs. The main thing to remember about MANs is that so long as you're connected to a LAN within it, you're connected to the MAN. Beyond that, they function the same as any other network.