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What function does a Circuit perform?

Faizan Shaikh
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‎12-09-2008 11:15 PM - edited ‎03-04-2019 12:39 AM

Hello Friends,

What function does a Circuit perform in a WAN?

Why do we and where do we have Circuit in a WAN?

Regards,

Faizan.

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andrew.prince
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‎12-10-2008 02:07 AM

A "circuit" connects to peices of equipment together over a shared medium, that allows layer2/3 communication.

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Joseph W. Doherty
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‎12-10-2008 02:40 AM

I believe "circuit" comes from POTS. For example, if you obtain a leased T1 from your phone service provider for a point-to-point WAN link, you've obtained or have a WAN "circuit".

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