A LAN (local area network) is a group of computers and network devices connected together, usually within the same building. By definition, the connections must be high speed and relatively inexpensive (e.g., token ringor Ethernet). Most Indiana University Bloomington departments are on LANs.
A LAN connection is a high-speed connection to a LAN. On the IUB campus, most connections are either Ethernet (10 Mbps) or Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps), and a few locations have Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbps) connections.
A MAN (metropolitan area network) is a larger network that usually spans several buildings in the same city or town. The IUB network is an example of a MAN.
A WAN (wide area network), in comparison to a MAN, is not restricted to a geographical location, although it might be confined within the bounds of a state or country. A WAN connects several LANs, and may be limited to an enterprise (a corporation or an organization) or accessible to the public. The technology is high speed and relatively expensive. The Internet is an example of a worldwide public WAN.
Days of the week including weekends Fill Weekdays – you can autofill working days of the week excluding weekends. This is very cool. I can autofill dates excluding the weekends. Fill Months – and you can use the full word or a standard abbreviation for the month, and Excel will autofill the sequence.
A <u>Stateful frame filtering </u> keeps a record of the state of a connection between an internal computer and an external device and then makes decisions based on the connection as well as the conditions.
