Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Network topology

Aspect

Topology

Ring

Star

Bus

Host Failure

network will fail

network will fail

network can still run

Node Failure

network will fail

network can still run

network can still run

Structure

all nodes

connected in a circle

A central host and all nodes

connect to it

A central cable (backbone) and all nodes connect to it

Ease of adding /removing nodes

difficult

average

easy

Ease of troubleshooting

Easy

Difficult

Difficult.

Connection between nodes

Yes

No connection .

No connection

Host existance

No

Yes

No

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