| A | B |
|---|
| Ring | connects one host to the next and the last host to the last |
| Mesh | is used when there can be absolutely no break in communications |
| Star | connects all cables to a central point of concentration |
| Extended Star | uses the star topology to be created |
| Bus | uses a single backbone segment (length of cable) that all the hosts connect to directly |
| Heirarchical | created similar to an extended star but instead of linking the hubs/switches together, the system is linked to a computer that controls the traffic on the topology. |
| Logical Token | Token-passing controls network access by passing an electronic token sequentially to each host. |
| Log. Broadcast | each host sends its data to all other hosts on the network medium |
| Repeater | If we need to extend our network beyond that limit, we must add a device to our network |
| Hubs | regenerate and retime network signals |
| Media | a wire |
| NIC | printed circuit board that fits into the expansion slot of a bus on a computer’s motherboard or peripheral device |
| Switch | they make a LAN much more efficient |
| Router | make decisions based on groups of network addresses (Classes) as opposed to the individual MAC addresses like is done on layer 2 |
| Bridge | connect two LAN segments |
| Cloud | symbolize another network(entire network) |
