XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 21/12/2025 10:23 pm, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Daniel70  wrote:   
   >> On 20/12/2025 12:40 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> Retirednoguilt  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >   
   > [1]    
   >   
   Never heard of a 'CAN' .... at least in this context!   
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   Daniel70   
      
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