LAN or WAN??

[aethier]

I was talking to my dad, and we began talking about WAN and LAN ports on the airport base station... i was just wandering, whats the difference of LAN and WAN and how do you know wich should be used and when???

thanks

Aethier

[timbloom]

LAN= Local Area Network This is for your local computers

WAN= Wide Area Network This is to connect to the internet (cablemodem or dsl)

[crazzyeddie]

The WAN port is only used for your uplink, whether that be your cable modem, DSL modem or a larger network.

The LAN port is the downstream port to your local home network for use with CAT 5 cables.