CSMA/CD: Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) is one of the most popular access methods, with CSMA/CD, every host has equal access to the wire and can place data on the wire when the wire is free from traffic. If a host wishes to place data on the
Category: Networking
Networks are built using a topology of bus, star, or ring, but how the systems will be connected in the topology that you choose. Cabling is the medium for the transmission of data between hosts on the LANs. LANs can be connected together using a variety of cable types, such
Organizations of different sizes, structures, and budgets need different types of networks. A local newspaper company has needs for its network that would be different from the needs of a multinational company. Networks can be divided into one of two categories: peer-to-peer or server-based networks. PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK: A peer-to-peer network
There are two different techniques that may be used to transmit the signal along the network wire which are base-band communication and broadband communication. BASEBAND Sends digital signals through the media as a single channel that uses the entire bandwidth of the media. The signal is delivered as a pulse
It is typical for networks to implement a mixture of topologies to form a hybrid topology. For example, a very popular hybrid topology is a star-bus topology, in which a number of star topologies are connected by a central bus. This is a popular topology because the bus will connect
A network topology is the physical layout of computers, cables, and other components on a network. There are a number of different network topologies, and a network may be built using multiple topologies. The different types of network layouts are Bus topology Star topology Mesh topology Ring topology Hybrid topology
In a ring topology, all computers are connected via a cable that loops in a ring or circle. As shown in Figure 1, a ring topology is a circle that has no start and no end. Because there are no ends, terminators are not necessary in a ring topology. Signals
A mesh topology is not very common in computer networking today. In a mesh topology, every workstation has a connection to every other component of the network, as illustrated in Figure. Figure: Mesh Topology ADVANTAGES OF MESH TOPOLOGY: The biggest advantage of a mesh topology is fault tolerance, meaning that,
In a star topology, all computers are connected through one central device known as a hub or a switch, as illustrated in Figure 1. Each workstation has a cable that goes from the network card to the hub device. One of the major benefits of a star topology is that
A bus topology uses one cable as a main trunk to connect all of the systems together (shown in Figure.1). A bus topology is very easy to set up and requires no additional hardware such as a hub. The cable is also called a trunk, a backbone, or a segment.
