Networks

Networks

1. bus topology

   • advantage
     • cheap to install
   • disanvantage
     • high chance of catastrophic failure
     • high chance of collisions

2. ring topology

   • advantages
     • cheap to install
       • no collisions
   • disanvantage
     • high chance of catastrophic failure
       • difficult to add new computers

3. star topology

   • advantages
     • fast
     • east to add new computers
     • low chance of catastrophic failure
   • disanvantage
     • expensive
     • failure of switch will take down the network

4. IP Address

   • external
     • an IP Address for a whole building
     • this means all the computers seem to have the same IP Address
   • internal
     • the IP Address inside the building,these are all unique
     • this meanbs computers on LAN can send to induvidual computers