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The Types of Physical topologies Advantage Disadvantage

1. Ease of installation. 1. Difficult reconnection and fault


isolation.
2. Less cabling than mesh or star
topology. 2. A Bus is usually designed to be
optimally efficient at installation. It
3. Only the backbone cable can therefore be difficult to add new
stretches through the entire devices.
facility. Each drop line has to
reach only as far as the nearest 3. Signal reflection at the tap can
Bus Topology point on the backbone. cause degradation in quality. This
degradation can be controlled by
limiting the number and spacing of
devices connected to a given length
of cable.

4. A fault or break can stop all the


transmission, even between devices
on the same side of the problem.The
damages area reflects signals back
in the direction of origin, creating
noise in both the dir
1. Relatively easy to install and 1.Unidirectional.
reconfigure.
2.In a simple ring, a break in the ring
2. Each device is linked to only its can disable the entire network. This
immediate neighbors. weakness can be solved using a dual
ring or a switch capable of closing
3. To add or delete a device off the break
requires changing only two
connections.
Ring Topology
4. Fault isolation is simplified.
Generally in a ring, a signal is
circulating at all times.

5. If one device does not receive


a signal within a specified period,
it can issue an alarm. The alarm
alerts the network operator to the
problem and it isolation

1. The use of dedicated links 1.The main disadvantages of a mesh


guarantees that each connection are related to the amount of cabling
can carry its own data load, thus and the number of I/O ports required.
eliminating the traffic load
problems that can occur when 2.Every device must be connected to
links must be shared by multiple every other device, installation and
devices. reconnection are difficult.

2. A mesh topology is robust. If 3.The sheer bulk of the wiring can be


one links become unusable it greater than the available space can
does not incapacitate the entire accommodate.
Mesh Topology
system. 4.The hardware required to connect
3. There is an advantage of each link can be prohibitively
privacy and security. When every expensive
message travels along a
dedicated line, only the intended
recipient sees it.

4. Point-to-point links make fault


identification and fault isolation
easy. Traffic can be routed to
avoid links with suspected
problems.
1. It is less expensive than mesh 1. Main disadvantage is the
topology. Each device only dependency of whole topology on
needs one link and one I/O port one single point. If the hub goes
to connect it to any number of down the whole system is dead.
others.
2. Each node must be linked to
2. It is easy to install and central Hub. For this reason often
configure. more cabling is required in a star
than in some other topology
3. Less cabling needs to be
housed and addition, moves,
Star Topology
deletions involve only one
connection.

4. It is robust. If one link fail, only


that link is affected. All other
links remain active.

5. Easy fault identification and


isolation. As long as the hub is
working, it can be used to
monitor link problems and
bypass defective links.

6. It does not allow direct traffic


between devices.

Name: Mahmoud Salah Seyam

Under supervision : Ahmed Meber

Assignment: The Types of Physical topologies

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