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| A network specification that determines the networks overall layout and the networks signaling and data flow |
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| This describes the networks physical layout |
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| This describes the path through which that data moves |
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| Point-to-Point Connections |
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| Is a direct connection between to nodes in which data transmitted by one node goes directly to the other nodety |
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| Connections between many nodes in which each connection has more than two endpoints |
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| A broadcast connection such as a wireless point-to-point or multi-point connection(Infrared, Wireless LAN, Wi-Fi) |
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| A topology in which nodes are arranged in a linear format and directly connected to a network backbone via T-connectors. This topology requires termination |
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| A topology using a central connectivity device, with seperate connections to each node |
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| Central Connectivity Device |
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1-Switch: forwards packets from the source node to the destination node
2-Hub: will receive packets from the source node and pass the packets to all nodes |
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| A central or root node is hierarachically connected to one or more second level nodes, with each second level node being connected to its own third level nodes |
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| Each node has the same number of nodes connected to the lower level nodes |
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| A topology in which each node is connected to its two nearest nodes called its upstream neighbor and its downstream neighbor. Data flows in a continuously in a clockwise circle |
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| A topology in which each node has a direct connection to each of the other nodes on the network |
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| Any topology that exhibits characteristics of more than one standard topology (not usually constructed on purpose) |
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| All nodes see the network signal at the same time, REGARDLESS OF PHYSICAL WIRING |
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| A topology in which each node receives data only from its upstream neighbor and only transmits to its downstream neighbor. REGARDLESS OF THE PHYSICAL WIRING |
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| A topology in which all nodes might be wired to a bus cable but a central device polls each node to see if it needs to transmit data then controls the amount of data that the node has to the cable. REGARDLESS OF PHYSICAL WIRING |
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