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How to tell whether the network i am currently connected to is a Local Area Network or a Wide Area network or a Metropolitan Area network ? Also what is a MAN(is it a link between two or more buildings or anything else)?
sinedd
Posted 2015-05-19T09:56:53.390
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How (by what attribute) do you differentiate between LAN/WAN/MAN when considering this manually? Then we can try to find an automatic way of getting that info. Also what OS do you use? – Marki555 – 2015-05-19T10:02:24.493
I use a windows 7 os – sinedd – 2015-05-19T10:08:57.657
I guess you are always connected to a LAN, which then itself may be connected to some kind or larger corporate network or directly to internet. I still don't understand what kind of information about that network do you need... – Marki555 – 2015-05-19T11:28:16.370
did you tried checking if your IP address is Public or Private? for MAN check this reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_area_network
– Francisco Tapia – 2015-05-19T12:15:28.567Are you actually trying to accomplish something, or are you just curious? If there is a larger goal in mind, please edit your question and actually ask it, and we can help you out. If you're just curious, then nevermind – Russell Uhl – 2015-05-19T15:57:38.290
Thanks all i kinda understood most of the things . suppose I am in an organization (company) .My only confusion is that how can we see whether there is a MAN connection between two branches of the same organization in two different places. – sinedd – 2015-05-20T04:23:43.247