A Metropolitan Area Network (ANN), also known as a Metropolitan Internet Connection, is used by many internet service providers (ISP’s) and internet users who want the capacity to connect to several computers within a relatively small area. It is similar to a Local Area Network but instead of having one main link, a Metropolitan area Network has several separate links. This allows the user to get internet service from a computer in the city center and another computer at home or office to access the internet from a computer in another part of the city center. The most important thing about a Metropolitan Area Network is that it provides fast internet service because the speed of internet connection is guaranteed to be quite high. To understand the topology of a typical Metropolitan area Network, it helps to look at how they work.

A metropolitan area network (man) is made up …