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Ok, for all those confused people out there, especially people that want to attend the LAN parties myself and my friend G.L. host, I'm going to explain to the full extend of my useful knowledge of what a LAN (Local Area Network) is and a LAN Party is.
1.) LAN:
It's free, first off all. Or I should say there isn't a monthly fee or anything. It's a way of linking computers in a house, office building, or whatever together to share files, folders, chat, and communicate with out the need for an internet connection. The most common form of the home LAN is either wireless or ethernet. Ethernet is the cable form of the typical LAN. All computers on the network link to a central hub (now called switches) and this switch routes all network traffic to other computers. LAN's are typically faster than most home based internet connections. A typical cable internet connection is around 1.5 megabits/sec. A slow form of ethernet is 10 megabits/sec while most are 100 megabits/sec. 56k users operate at a theoretical 56 kilobits/sec, never actually achieving that speed due to FCC limitations.
A Diagram of a LAN network:
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