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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I can't tell if WAN is Wireless Area Network or Wide Area Network.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

WAN = Wide Area Network
WLAN = Wireless Area Network

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

*Wireless Local Area Network

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

*WLAN = Wireless local area network

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I know what a Wide Area Network is. I'm just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Not really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

lan is local area network
wan is wide area network
wlan is wireless local
wwan is wireless wan