Sunday 23 September 2012

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES of ALL TOPOLOGIES

ADVANTAGES OF NETWORK TOPOLOGY

STAR TOPOLOGY 

  • New nodes can be added easily without affecting rest of the network. 
  • Centralized management. It helps in monitoring the network. 
  • Failure of one node or link doesn’t affect the rest of network
RING TOPOLOGY
  • All the traffic flows in only one  direction at very high speed.
  • Additional components do not affect the performance of network. 
  • No need for network server to control the connectivity between workstations
BUS TOPOLOGY
  • Easy to set-up and extend bus network.
  • Bus topology costs very less.
  • Good for LAN.

Sunday 16 September 2012

#CONCEPT OF NETWORK TOPOLOGY#

 NETWORK TOPOLGY is the arrangment between various elements.There are 2 basic categories of network topology which is logical and physical.