WAN Business Drivers
Organizations have different business drivers for pursuing a wide area network (WAN). Manufacturing plants, sales offices, and retail stores all drive the need for a WAN. Extending the network over geographical distances presents new challenges. These challenges are about maximizing bandwidth and connectivity in relation to cost. This chapter presents WAN requirements and WAN solutions for extending the network geographically.
WANs and Service Providers
Businesses that have multiple locations require connectivity. This connectivity is referred to as a wide area network (WAN). Depending on the number of remote locations, users per location, and bandwidth needs, a WAN must be properly sized and affordable. In addition, ...
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