Network Topologies

Front 1

This topology has two distinct terminated ends with each computer connected to a central or backbone cable. It is cheap and easy to install but is hard to troubleshoot and has poor fault tolerance

Back 1

Bus Topology

Front 2

This topology has all computers connected to a single central point. It has high fault tolerance and scalability and is easy to install, but is more expensive and will fail entirely if the central point fails

Back 2

Star Topology

Front 3

This topology has all computer connected together in a circuit, with each host connected directly to two adjacent hosts. It has poor scalability and fault tolerance and is expensive to install. Almost never used anymore

Back 3

Ring Topology

Front 4

This topology has connections from every host to every other host on the network. It is extremely expensive to install and difficult to manage and troubleshoot, but it has extremely high fault tolerance.

Back 4

Mesh Topology

Front 5

This topology has a direct connection between two routers. It has poor scalability and is only used as an element in hybrid networks these days. Can be both a physical and a logical topology

Back 5

Point-to-Point Topology

Front 6

This topology has multiple routers connected to a central router. It provides some scalability and some fault tolerance. Mostly used as an element in hybrid networks. Can be both a physical and logical topology.

Back 6

Point-to-Multipoint Topology

Front 7

This topology is a combination of any of the other Topologies used to create complex network pathways as required to manage many resources or hosts.

Back 7

Hybrid Topology