XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Daniel70  wrote:   
   > On 21/12/2025 10:23 pm, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > > Daniel70  wrote:   
   [...]   
   > >> 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!   
      
     I don't remember hearing it mentioned either, but it is mentioned on   
   the avove Wikepedia page as one of the levels of *ANs. (The   
   Wikipedia page has pointers to other pages for most of the other *ANs.)   
      
     I *am* used to the term MAN (Metro Area Network). We used to sell/   
   support High Availabilty / Fail Safe systems which were spread out over   
   a city, so if there was a disaster in one part of a city, hopefully the   
   systems in (a)other part(s) of the city could take over.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)