What Is a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)? Where It Fits Between LAN and WAN

• 25 June 2026
• by: Gustav Holmberg
• in: Web hosting
• Tags: IP routing, LAN MAN WAN, metropolitan area network, Networking, web hosting
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A metropolitan area network (MAN) spans a city, sitting between a LAN and a WAN. Learn how it works, how IP routing crosses each scale, and why it matters for hosting.

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