Your first Local Area Network
At first it is hard to tell if you are on your computer or LAN or WAN
Are you receiving this page from?
Your Computer
or
Local Area Network = LAN
or
Wide Area Network = WAN = Internet
Well the answer is simple; once you request this page it comes from a server that is connected on the WAN:
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The server will transmit the page in HTML code though the WAN. (could be anywhere)
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Your ISP receives it and pass it down the line to you though your modem.
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Depending if tour modem is connected to a Gateway or not, it ends up on your computer and displayed on your monitor.
Yes there is allot more to the process but this is the key points.
On my site I have a good start on understanding what you will need (with links to Videos also) to get your
Home or Small Office network up and going.
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