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Types of Connections
Note that these zones are classifications for convenience; they provide a way
to talk about the different needs that a network design must serve. Although
typical of many network environments, they do not have hard boundaries.
As mentioned earlier, network access zones often overlap: the user who
unplugs his or her laptop from its wired connection and uses a wireless
connection from a colleague’s desk may move only a short distance and stay
in essentially the same physical location. In other words, the area is acting as
both a private wired zone and a private wireless zone.
For purposes of network design, it can be useful to look at overlapping
network access zones separately because the best network design may use
different technologies to provide an optimal access control solution for the
different patterns of work.