Discussion Question: What are the different ways of connecting an end system to an edge router? Access networks can be loosely divided into three categories l Residential access networks - connecting a home end system into the network. l Institutional access networks - connecting an end system in a business or educational institution into the network. l Mobile access networks - connecting a mobile end system into the network. These categories are not hard and fast some corporate end systems may well use the access network technology that we ascribe to residential access networks, and vice versa. The following descriptions are meant to hold for the common (if not every) case.
