The research reveals that AI technology is expected to drive automation and operational efficiency in complex SD-WAN environments ... even diagrams in some cases. If network teams layer GenAI ...

The WAN is a place in the network that aggregates various types, speeds, and links running a disparate set of protocols together crossing metropolitan, state, and even country boundaries.

So in other words, the WAN address is unique for each home (or office) network. In most cases, for a home or an office, a computer doesn't get to use the WAN IP address, which stays with the router.

Now SD WAN (software defined wide area networking) is the latest over hyped technology to enter the Tragic Quadrant of products that – I sometimes suspect - only analysts can get excited about.