Question

Create a new network with at least two LANs connected by a WAN. Connect all the devices. Investigate the original Packet Tracer activity to see what else you might need to do to make your new network functional. Write down your thoughts.

Answer 1

A WAN comprises of two or more LANs. LANs and WANs can be wired or wireless. To create a Lan, computer devices are connected to a switch and statically assigned IP addresses to communicate with each other.

To connect two Lans together to create a Wan, a router is introduced within them, with its ports as the default gateway for communication between networks. The router ports are statically configured to route unknown IP addresses within a network to external networks. A DHCP server can be configured on each network for dynamic IP addressing.

Step-by-step explanation:

To implement a wide area network (WAN) with two local area networks (LANs), two configured switches, one configured router, a DHCP server ( optional) and computer devices on both Lan networks.