Network Topologies

Description:

    During a discussion with your friends, you have been asked what you are learning in class.  You tell them about Network Topologies.  To your surprise, they are asking you a lot of questions.  Use the sites below to prepare yourself for this discussion.

Resources and the task: (Open up MS Word and create a document with paragraphs per below) 

  The site below will give you information about network topologies.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/t/topology.html

  • How many are there?

  • What are their names?

  • Try to identify whether they are physical, logical or both? (You may have to answer this question at the end of the lesson)

Read this site and you may use the graphics from this page in your notes. 

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/network/chap5/chap5.htm 

  Answer the following: 

  • What are the advantages of a linear bus topology?

  • What are the disadvantages of a linear bus topology? 

  • What are the advantages of a star topology?

  • What are the disadvantages of a star topology? 

  • What are the advantages of a tree topology?

  • What are the disadvantages of a tree topology? 

Acronym finder:  Find the meaning of each of the acronyms below the URL using the URL below.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Look up MAC, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA

Using the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia or http://www.howstuffworks.com/ or http://whatis.techtarget.com/ or some other online reference find the definitions for: Physical Topology, Logical Topology, Access method, Bus Topology (physical), Bus Topology (logical), Star Topology, Ring Topology (physical) Ring Topology (logical), Terminator, Contention, Token Passing
Demand Priority, Polling, Collision, Token Passing, IEEE 802.4.

Be sure to hand in both the terms and definitions.  Also, add these to your Access database.

Review the following web site.  What is your opinion?  Do you like it? can you do better?

http://www.esc2.net/centers/itmr/TIFTech/topology_and_wire/

  

   In a short paragraph, explain how you would explain network topologies. Include at least three different types and the reasons why we need to have them.        

EVALUATION:

TITLE each paragraph in bold text.  The project  will be graded on its completeness and content. See Grading.