IS Local area Network faster then DSL?

Question

i know that dsl is slower then broadband, but what is LAN?
i know it stands for local area network...
and is it suppose to be faster then DSL?
what about broadband?

Answer 1

Your LAN is your local internal network. Technically, even if you only have one PC attached to a DSL gateway, the PC, the LAN side of the gateway and the cable in between are considered to be a LAN. But, more typically, a LAN will consist of multiple PCs which can share files, printers and other network resources (like the internet connection, by including a router in the LAN). LAN network traffic speeds will depend on the speed of the slowest device the traffic has to navigate. Most computers nowadays have integrated NICs (network cards) that are rated as 10/100/1000 cards, which means they can function at speeds up to 1000 Megabits per second, which is FAR faster than your DSL connection. ADSL speeds will range, based on a number of factors, between 1 and 3.5 Megabits per second upstream and between 8 and 24 Megabits per second down.

Answer 2

100 MBPS (Mega-BITS per second) is the speed of your local network - i.e. the speed at which your computers talk to each other and to your router. It has nothing to do with your DSL speed, which is the speed at which you access the internet. If the concept is not entirely clear, think about this - you can't get 30 gallons per minute from your shower even if you use wide pipes inside your house, if the pipe that feeds your house from outside can only pump 9 gallons per minute through it. Typical DSL speed is 768 Kilobits per second (Verizon for example), which is less than 1 mpbs. So no matter how fast is your local network, your internet speed won't be faster in the modern-day technology. You even can use Gigabit Ethernet at home, but it will only make faster things that your do over local connection - i.e. copying files from your laptop to desktop and probably will be overkill. If you want faster internet, get more expensive DSL (for example, Verizon offers 3 mpbs DSL for higher price) or Cable, which is usually much faster than DSL (up to 5 mbps in average), but still way below local network speed (10/100mbps).

Answer 3

LAN is a network that goes between computers, and will not connect you to the internet but to the other computer if not another person is connected to the internet. DSL VS Broadband is based on your area. But most of the time Broadband wins.

Answer 4

Broadband can be dsl or adsl, also you can connect to the internet through a lan if there is a gateway device on it.

Answer 5

These are general names of technology and do not represent speeds.



TYPICALLY - LAN speeds are higher than higher than DSL.

Depending on what LAN speed you have, it is possible to get a broadband connection that is "faster".



Typically, a home user will have a 10Mbps or 100 Mbps wired LAN speed, 1000Mbps and 10Gbps are available but are typically used in businesses, not homes.



DSL maxes out at a lower rate of speed than a cable modem. But both are considered "broadband" connections.



So, if you purchase a 20Mbps cable modem service and have only a 10Mbps home LAN speed, the cable modem will be faster. In fact, you would never be able to use the entire bandwidth of the cable modem. Your top speed will always be as fast as the slowest point in the connection.



If you use IEEE 802.11b wireless - its top speed is 2Mbps.

IEEE 802.11g & a wireless top out at 54Meg

IEEE 802.11n which isn't a formal standard yet, tops out at 300Mbps.

Answer 6

LAN = Local Area Network



You can't connect to the internet through LAN.



LAN is only if you're, for say, playing games between computers IN YOUR HOUSE.



Local Area = In your house, connected to your router

Network = Group of computers.



DSL is ok, I deal with it.

Answer 7

I.T. Specialist has the right answer. Jaku broadband is dsl and dsl is broadband. There is no difference.