Networking

Networking is the connection of multiple computers on a network sharing resources. There are different types of networks that can be set up but two of the most common ones are LAN(Local Area Network0 and WAN(Wide Area Network). The LAN is normal a connection of computers in a single office or home. The WAN is a connection of computers outside of the local area, this connection is global. WAN are normally only seen in large corporations because the have offices all around the world. The LAN like I said before are normally seen in homes networks. There are different topology's for LAN connection you have the Star, Bus, RING, and MESH just to name a few. The four basic topology's that are presented to everyone is STAR, RING, BUS, TREE.

Network Topology:

STAR: The star topology works by connect each network host to a centralize hub. This topology is the easy to design and implement. One problem with this design is if the hub fails everything will fail on the network.

RING: The ring topology is used by connecting each computer in a close loop or ring. Each machine in this network has its own address this is how they are identified. The information is passed through machine to machine to reach its destination. this network uses a token scheme which only allows one machine to transmit on the network at one time. The failure with this machine is that if one fails all will fail.

BUS: The BUS topology is connected by a backbone where each machine is connected to it. This connection is not used any more. If one of the connections fail then the whole thing is not going to work.

TREE: The TREE topology is connected to one or more computer on a lower level with a point-to-point link. The tree topology is a bigger star topology.