ACTIVITY

Draw 3 basic shapes: train track, ring, & star

3.1.5 NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

ACTIVITY

What can you determine from the angles & intersection of the 3 objects?

NETWORK TOPOLOGY

NETWORK TOPOLOGY• Bus Network• Is the cheapest

because it uses the least cabling

• The cables must have terminators on the ends

• If one connection is lost, the whole network fails

• Ring Network• Use tokens to pass data

around the network• The computer that wants

to send data waits to grab the token

• Sent to the recipient - it's ignored by all other computers

• If it is a large file, all users have to wait to access the network

NETWORK TOPOLOGY

• Star Network• Expensive due to cabling • If one connection is lost,

the rest of the network is still able to run

• Expensive due to necessities of a hub

• If the hub fails, the network fails

• May be the most expensive, but is the best in the long-run

NETWORK TOPOLOGY

NETWORK TOPOLOGY

So, what is the conclusion that you know about the 3 different network

topologies?

TYPES OF NETWORK TOPOLOGY

BUS RING

STAR

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