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<sect1 id="LAN-Topologies-and-Architectures">
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<sect1 id="Topologies-and-Architectures">
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<title>LAN-Topologies-and-Architectures</title>
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<title>Topologies-and-Architectures</title>
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<para>
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A network's topology is the configuration, or shape, of the wiring used in
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(Ethernet, Token Ring, ARCnet).
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</para>
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Network Topologies
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<para>
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Different types of LANs are wired in different ways. The nodes might be
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connected to each other, to a central hub, or to a continuous cable (bus).
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a logical ring topology.
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</para>
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Bus
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<para><variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>Bus</term>
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<listitem><para>
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<para>
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In a bus topology, a single cable supports an entire network segment. This
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cable is the bus, sometimes called a backbone. Nodes are attached at various
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is generally harder to work with than twisted pair cable.
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</para>
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Star
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Star</term>
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<listitem><para>
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<para>
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In a star topology, each node is connected with its own cable to a central
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device node called a hub. The hub internally connects each node to the
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be wired to the hub without disconnecting other nodes.
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</para>
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Ring
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Ring</term>
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<listitem><para>
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<para>
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In a ring topology, the nodes are connected to each other to form a circle.
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Each node receives signals from its upstream neighbour, and passes them on to
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and expand.
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</para>
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Mesh
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Mesh</term>
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<listitem><para>
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<para>
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A mesh topology provides fault tolerance through redundant links. In this
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system, each node is connected to every other node with seperate cables. Thus,
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efficiency as well as relability.
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</para>
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Hybrid
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Hybrid</term>
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<listitem><para>
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<para>
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A hybrid topolgy is any combination of the above topologies. One common hybrid
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technology is a star bus, in which several star-wired networks segments are
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to complex networks.
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</para>
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></para>
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</sect1>
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