Network Topologies: Bus, Ring, and Star
Shawn Lahne
Axia College of University of Phoenix
IT 205 Management of Information Systems
Professor Dalin Gilland
March 14, 2008
Network Topologies: Bus, Ring, and Star
One of the most important issues that need to be considered when designing or developing a system is how the system is going to be connected so the end user is able to access the information. The how is simple; with the use of a network. The next question would be; which network topology is to be used; the bus, the star, or the ring.
With the technology growing as fast as it is today, there are other network topologies available (topology: the infrastructure of a network, a basic map, or a scheme). The topology of a system is like looking at a road map to a city. You have the main hub in the middle, the city, and each computer is a suburb; so to speak.
There are five basic types, which include the three mentioned above. Then there are also hybrids that are a mixture......
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