Differences between the three: LAN, MAN, and WAN.

LAN

LAN stands for local area network.

LAN’s ownership is private.

The transmission speed of a LAN is high.

The propagation delay is short in a LAN.

There is less congestion in LAN.

LAN’s design and maintenance is easy.

There is more fault tolerance in LAN.

MAN

MAN stands for metropolitan area network.

MAN’s ownership can be private or public.

While the transmission speed of a MAN is average.

There is a moderate propagation delay in a MAN.

While there is more congestion in MAN.

While MAN’s design and maintenance is difficult than LAN.

While there is less fault tolerance.

WAN

WAN stands for wide area network.

While WAN also might not be owned by one organization.

Whereas the transmission speed of a WAN is low. 

Whereas, there is a long propagation delay in a WAN.

Whereas there is more congestion than MAN in WAN.

Whereas WAN’s design and maintenance is also difficult than LAN as well MAN.

In WAN, there is also less fault tolerance.