The Internet

The Internet

1. The internet is a mesh topology.

2. The internet is a mesh topology.

3. There are multiple different routes between any two nodes.

4. It is impossible to break the internet, since another route can always be found.

5. A cost is assigned to each connection in a mesh.

6. Route-finding algorithms are used to find the lowest cost route between two nodes.

7. Data is split into small chunks called packets.

8. Each packet is sent along the lowest cost route.