Vocational Training Course-2008

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TYPES OF TOPOLOGY

Linear Bus

Ethernet and local talk networks use linear bus topology. In Linear Bus topology, each device
is directly connected to the linear cable.

Star

In the star topology each node such as computers, file server, workstations and peripheral
devices are directly connected to the centralized device known as hub or switch. Data in the
star topology passes through the hub or switch before it reaches to the destination. Hub or
concentrators also act as repeaters for the data flow. Twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, and
fiber optic cables can be used. Star wired topology appears to the same as star topology. The
Token Ring protocol uses star-wired ring topology.

Tree

Tree topology is the combination of the linear bus and star topology. Linear Bus consists of
the star configured workstations connected to the Linear Bus backbone cable.

Token Ring

Token Ring was developed by several manufactures and it is used for high traffic network
loadings. Ethernet now has taken the popularity of the Token Rings.

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AIR GWALIOR C.P.Harikumar-2008