0 votes 0 votes Why LAN is broadcast channel and WAN is point to point channel? saumya mishra asked Sep 4, 2018 saumya mishra 164 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Vikas Verma commented Sep 4, 2018 reply Follow Share In a LAN without a server, because of it's small size, all the communication is done by broadcasting because no host stores any address of any other host in the LAN hence the message is broadcasted to all and the interested host accepts the packet. On the contrary, WAN is gigantic hence all communication has to be done using a specific address which makes it point to point. 1 votes 1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
