We do WANs

WANs, wide-area-networks, also interconnect computers, much like local-area-networks. The difference is that the connection uses long-distance elements, such as telephone equipment or the Internet.

The easiest method of creating a WAN is to connect a single computer to the Internet. You then have a WAN providing network access to other computers all over the world using the Internet as the communication medium. Each machine on the Internet has its own rules regarding access and usage and its own set of information to which it provides access. Each machine controls only its own endpoint on the network.

Prior to the Internet, offices began connecting to each other using dedicated, privately owned communication lines. Each office housed a computer or clusters of computers on a LAN. Examples are banking networks and television distribution. This type of WAN allows the owner to limit the connectors to only his own equipment and to control the computing at both ends of the connection. Such WANs are still in use.

A VPN (virtual-private-network) provides the same functionalities as other WANs but in a different way. It is created by supplying IP addresses of the machines to be part of the network. The Internet then creates a virtual-private-connection or "tunnel" between machines or offices by encrypting data passed between them such that only the machines at the end-points of the "tunnel" can access or read the data. This provides security and other facilities the same as or better than the privately owned networks at substantially less cost.

COMPLETE NETWORK SOLUTIONS is experienced in each of the above WANs. We can design and implement a VPN for you as we have for others. We can troubleshoot and repair one that isn't working properly. Call us for references.