A local area network, or LAN, is a geographically limited network intended for the local transport of voice, data, and video. Often referred to as an enterprise network, a LAN is just one of many types of area networks. It can be a small in-building network designed to connect IP devices, or a large network connecting multiple sites or buildings in a medical or university campus.
What is a Local Area Network?
What is a Local Area Network?
Where is a fiber optic LAN?
The LAN is made up of three primary applications: outside plant or campus network, in-building, and the horizontal. These areas contain both active (electronics) and passive (cabling) components that enable the transfer of data to all devices connected to the network. Understanding your network needs is critical to providing a network that will support your needs today and allow your network to grow into the future
Why is a reliable fiber optic LAN so crucial?
Your local area network (LAN) is the heart of your organization – connecting all the IP devices and providing the bandwidth and reliability needed to run your business. Whether you are connecting devices to the network through wired or wireless connections.
How can Corning help with your fiber optic LAN?
Creating a well-planned fiber optic backbone for your network infrastructure is what we do. We are here to ensure that you have the tools, resources, and support you need to build that is scalable, reliable, and cost-effective network that is easy to deploy.
What is the next step to start planning your fiber optic LAN deployment?
Explore our services and complete line of fiber optic solutions, including cables, hardware, connectivity, and accessories for campus, building, and horizontal applications. Corning’s Everon® Network Solutions provides a powerful new way to network that lets you build for today and scale for your future.
Considerations in LAN Design
Distributed sensing cable in industrial environments
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The importance of Connectivity Infrastructure in Business
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Considerations in outside fiber-optic cable design
The Outside Plant network is evolving due to ever increasing bandwidth demands and the push to drive fiber deeper and deeper into the network. These trends are leading to rising demand for fiber counts greater than 1000 fibers in one cable. These demands require installers and designers to leverage different cable designs to meet current network complexity.
Which LAN network infrastructure is right for you?
Traditional Local Area Networks
Traditional Local Area Networks
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What type of fiber optic backbone are you deploying?
Campus Backbone
Campus Backbone
Learn MoreThe campus backbone connects multiple buildings or site together to create your local area network. It requires a robust cabling infrastructure that provides long term bandwidth and reliability.
The campus backbone connects multiple buildings or site together to create your local area network. It requires a robust cabling infrastructure that provides long term bandwidth and reliability.
Building Backbone
Building Backbone
Learn MoreThe building backbone connects the Main Distribution Area (MDA) to all Telecommunications Rooms (TRs) enabling all data transmission though out the building. It requires a cabling infrastructure easy to install and quickly deployed.
The building backbone connects the Main Distribution Area (MDA) to all Telecommunications Rooms (TRs) enabling all data transmission though out the building. It requires a cabling infrastructure easy to install and quickly deployed.
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Traditional Local Area Network Resources
Traditional Local Area Network Resources
Your one-stop source for industry articles, case studies, and information about Corning’s traditional local area network solutions and products.
Your one-stop source for industry articles, case studies, and information about Corning’s traditional local area network solutions and products.
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Standards 101 Webinar (On Demand)
Standards provide a framework to ensure that new products, technologies, innovations, components and services provided by different companies will be mutually compatible. Why is this important?
Fiber 101 (On Demand)
Network performance is more critical than ever before. Understanding the basics about how fiber works, the types of fiber and where to use them, will help you determine which fiber is right for you network.
Please join Arelis Soto, Marketing Manager as she shares her expertise and experiences as a Field Engineer and Applications Engineer to help you become a fiber expert.
Tools and Resources
Enterprise Networks Core Products Guide
Enterprise Networks Core Products Guide
We’ve got technology for virtually every local area network need. But often it comes down to the 20 percent of products you need 80 percent of the time. We’ve boiled that down into our EMEA Enterprise Networks Core Products for In-Building Networks (LAN) – the products most often used by our customers.
We’ve got technology for virtually every local area network need. But often it comes down to the 20 percent of products you need 80 percent of the time. We’ve boiled that down into our EMEA Enterprise Networks Core Products for In-Building Networks (LAN) – the products most often used by our customers.
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Bill of Material Tool
Bill of Material Tool
Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your enterprise network with our configurable LANscape® Solutions bill-of-materials Tool.
Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your enterprise network with our configurable LANscape® Solutions bill-of-materials Tool.
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System Design Calculators
System Design Calculators
We offer a variety of system design calculators to assist in the design and analysis of your networks, including a link-loss budget calculator and a fill ratio calculator.
We offer a variety of system design calculators to assist in the design and analysis of your networks, including a link-loss budget calculator and a fill ratio calculator.
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Webinars
Webinars
New to the industry? Check out our foundational courses - they provide an excellent overview and will ground you in the key concepts of optical cabling and connectivity.
New to the industry? Check out our foundational courses - they provide an excellent overview and will ground you in the key concepts of optical cabling and connectivity.
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