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   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Daniel70  wrote:   
   > On 20/12/2025 12:40 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > > Retirednoguilt  wrote:   
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   > >> I assume that since the W in WAN stands for "wide", it's probably not my   
   > >> device.   
   > >   
   > >    WAN means Wide Area Network as opposed to LAN (Local Area Network), so   
   > > simply put, your LAN is your in-house network and the WAN is the   
   > > outside world.   
   > >   
   > >    I hope this helps.   
   > >   
   > > [...]   
   > >   
   > Splitting hairs, maybe, ..... but I would have thought LAN was with-in a   
   > House, WAN was with-in a (commercial) Building, maybe .... and Internet   
   > was the outside world!!   
      
     Nope. For normal use,  WAN is the outside world. 'The Internet' is part   
   of that world. What you're referring to would be a CAN, Campus Area   
   Network   
      
   "The textbook definition of a WAN is a computer network spanning   
    regions, countries, or even the world." [1]   
      
     For communication specialists, WAN can have a narrower meaning,   
   especially in the context of other *ANs, but for the context of this   
   thread (i.e. some website checking the IP address of the WAN side of   
   your router), WAN is the outside world.   
      
     BTW, what you're referring to would probably be a CAN, Campus Area   
   Network.   
      
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