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An 8 page paper. The first section explains mesh, bus, ring and star topologies and comments on how they are different. The second part explains and discusses Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI and wireless protocols. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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physical location of the computers or other devices. Mitchell (2008) explains the example of multiple computers in a home - they may be placed in a circle but they would
be using LAN networking technology, they would probably not be using the ring topology. The bus topology uses a single cable that will allow sharing of information between multiple computers
(Mitchell, 2008). Visualize a cable that multiple computers tap into to share information between and among them. That cable acts as an interface so that computers can communication with each
other (Mitchell, 2008). Thats a bus topology. This topology will most likely use a 10Base-2 or a 10Base-5 Ethernet connection (Mitchell, 2008). It is better to limit the number of
devices in a bus topology to no more than about 30; after that, it becomes too large and performance suffers (Mitchell, 2008). In a ring topology, devices in the network
can communicate only in two directions, clockwise or counterclockwise (Mitchell, 2008). Each computer has the ability to communicate directly only with the one on the left or the one on
the right side of it (Mitchell, 2008). Visualize the ring topology as the cable traveling in a circle, if any one device or linking cable fails, the entire network fails
(Mitchell, 2008). Ring networks typically use Token Ring technology or FDDIE OR SONET technology (Mitchell, 2008). The star topology network uses a central hub to which all devices
are attached, the hub, in other words, is the central connection for multiple computers or other devices (Mitchell, 2008). This is the network topology that is used in most homes.
In contrast to the ring topology, a failure in any device or that devices cable does not shut down the entire network nor will the failure of one computer or
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