The hardest of all topology to troubleshoot because it can be hard to track down where in the ring, the failure has occurred.
Addition, changing and moving the nodes can affect the network.
For the node to communicate with one another there is need for all the nodes to be switched on.
The entire network is affected if one workstation or port goes down.
The whole network will fail if any one of the cable fails anywhere in the ring.
Hierarchical Network: This is a specialized kind of bus topology, the terminals are connected in the same fashion as the branches of a tree. It is very easy to extend and if one of the branch fails, it can easily be removed.
The failure of one segment does not affect the network.
Easy to extend.
Disadvantages
It depends heavily on the hub and its failure affects the entire system.
Maintenance is not easy and cost is high.
GENERAL EVALUATION: What is Network topology?
List and explain the three types of network topology.
READING ASSIGNMENT Understanding Data Processing for senior secondary schoolsby Dinehin Victoria pages 280 – 282
WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT …………are language that computers used to talk to each other over a network (a) Media (b) user (c) Protocol (d) server
An example of the bus system is the ………… (a) Ethernet (b) intranet (c) ring (d) star
……….. is the term used to describe the physical arrangement of computer in networks. (a) Internet (b) Topology (c) Ethernet (d) hub
The network configuration in which the terminals are connected in the same fashion as the branches of a tree is called ……… (a) Flat (b) relational (c) Hierarchical (d) network
In a star ………, a number of small computers are connected to the central resources usually called a host computer or file server (a) Star (b) .Ring (c) Hierarachical (d) Flat
