DRUVEXAA EDUCATION · NETWORK CONCEPTS SERIES

PAN · LAN · MAN · WAN

A cinematic 3D journey through the four scales of computer networks — from the Bluetooth bubble around your wrist to fibre stretched across the ocean floor.

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PAN

~10 metres

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LAN

~1 kilometre

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MAN

5 – 50 km

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WAN

Global

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PAN vs LAN vs MAN vs WAN

Network	Full form	Range	Typical speed	Ownership	Media / Tech	Examples
PAN	Personal Area Network	≈ 10 m	1 – 3 Mbps (BT) up to 480 Mbps (USB)	One person	Bluetooth, USB, IR, Zigbee, NFC	Earbuds, smartwatch, phone hotspot
LAN	Local Area Network	≈ 100 m – 1 km	100 Mbps – 10 Gbps	Single organisation	Ethernet (Cat6), Wi-Fi 802.11	Office, home, school lab
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network	5 – 50 km	10 Mbps – 10 Gbps	Org / ISP / city	Optical fibre, Metro Ethernet, SONET	Bank branches, cable TV, city Wi-Fi
WAN	Wide Area Network	Country → Global	Backbone 100+ Gbps, higher latency	Multiple providers, leased	Fibre backbones, submarine cables, satellite, MPLS	The Internet, bank inter-city links

💡 Memory hook: Pocket → Local building → Metro city → World.

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