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Foil 16 Popular Network Topologies

From Introduction To Multimedia Internet Systems CPS640 MultiMedia and WWW -- Spring 97 Semester. by Marek Podgorny * See also color IMAGE

Star/tree/mesh topologies.
  • Used mostly for circuit switched networks (then…)
  • Also used to interconnect broadcast networks (now…)
  • Support packet switching layers….
Bus networks - shared media
  • All connected workstations see all information
Ring networks - shared media
  • Use broadcast but assign time slots differently
Internetworks connect all of the above



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