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CPT Weekly Memo Week 3 Kaushik Mankar

The document discusses and compares ring and star network topologies. Ring topologies have advantages like predictable performance based on the number of devices, and fault tolerance with a dual ring. Disadvantages include it is no longer recommended for new LANs and a break in the cable can bring down the network. Star topologies have a central connection point and advantages like easy expansion, failure of one cable will not cause an outage, and problems are easy to isolate. Disadvantages are it requires more cable, failure of the central switch can disable the whole network, and installation costs are higher.

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CPT Weekly Memo Week 3 Kaushik Mankar

The document discusses and compares ring and star network topologies. Ring topologies have advantages like predictable performance based on the number of devices, and fault tolerance with a dual ring. Disadvantages include it is no longer recommended for new LANs and a break in the cable can bring down the network. Star topologies have a central connection point and advantages like easy expansion, failure of one cable will not cause an outage, and problems are easy to isolate. Disadvantages are it requires more cable, failure of the central switch can disable the whole network, and installation costs are higher.

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CPT Weekly Memo Week 3 Kaushik Mankar

Ring topology has many advantages, these are: The performance of the network can be predicted

precisely based on the number of computers on the ring. Also, using a dual ring gives some fault

tolerance. Some disadvantages of ring topology are: Its no longer a recommended option for

new LAN installations, though popular in MANs, a ring network also requires a lot more cable

than bus networks (though less than in star networks). Similar to bus topology, a break in the

cable will bring the network down (unless dual ring), and again the same as bus topology if you

add devices to the ring, all devices are suspended from using the network.

Star Topology: Another type of topology is star topology, this is, as the name again suggests, in

the shape of a star. This topology is made of a connection point in the center and a hub/switch

where the cables meet. Each of the devices in this network is connected to the hub/switch with a

separate cable. This requires more media, but has lots of advantages over both bus & ring

topologies, which is why they have quickly become the predominant topology type for most of

the networks.

These advantages are: You can easily add devices to your network as it expands, and the failure

of a cable will not cause the network to be brought down. Its also easy to find problems within

the device and cable, and its the most common of the topologies, so equipment is readily

available. Though it holds many advantages, it does have disadvantages, these are: This network

requires more media than either of the two previous networks, the failure of the central switch

can bring the entire network down, and the cost of installation and any extra equipment is higher

than the two previous networks listed.

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