Question
Download Solution PDFIn a ______ network, all nodes are connected to a single communication line and share it for all their communication needs.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Multi-access bus.
Key Points
- In a multi-access bus network, all nodes (computers, printers, etc.) are connected to a single communication line (the bus).
- This network type is called 'multi-access' because all nodes share and have access to the same communication line.
- Information sent from one node travels along the bus to all other nodes on the network.
- It is simple and less expensive to install and expand.
- However, as the number of nodes increases, the efficiency of the network can decrease because of data collisions.
Additional Information
- Ring Topology-
- In Ring Topology each node connects to two other nodes and forms a single continuous pathway for signals through each node.
- It connects the workstations in a closed loop.
- Data is transmitted around the ring in one direction only.
- A break in the ring causes the entire network to fail.
- There is no signal loss in the Ring Topology.
- Bus Topology-
- In Bus Topology nodes are connected to a common half-duplex link called a bus or backbone.
- Each workstation is connected to the next workstation in a point-to-point fashion.
- The common implementation of this topology is Ethernet.
- This topology is used only in comparatively small networks.
- Star Topology-
- In this network, topology nodes are connected to a central hub.
- Nodes communicate across the network by passing data through the hub.
- Failure in one of the terminals does not affect any other terminal.
- This network topology is used to connect terminals to a large time-sharing host computer.
- Mesh Topology-
- In this network, topology devices are connected with many redundant interconnections between network nodes.
- Failure in one of the computers does not cause the network to break down.
- This topology is used in the critical connection of host computers.
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