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Wireless Security: Know It All
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Wireless Security: Know It All

by Praphul Chandra, Frank Thornton, Chris Lanthem, Jon S. Wilson, Dan Bensky, Tony Bradley, Chris Hurley, Steve A. Rackley, John Rittinghouse PhD CISM, James F. Ransome PhD CISM CISSP, Timothy Stapko, George L Stefanek
April 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
744 pages
21h 41m
English
Newnes
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Chapter 3. Wireless Network Physical Architecture

3.1. Wired Network Topologies—A Refresher

The topology of a wired network refers to the physical configuration of links between networked devices or nodes, where each node may be a computer, an end-user device such as a printer or scanner, or some other piece of network hardware such as a hub, switch or router.

The building block from which different topologies are constructed is the simple point-to-point wired link between two nodes, shown in Figure 3.1. Repeating this element results in the two simplest topologies for wired networks—bus and ring.

Figure 3.1. Point-to-point, bus and ring topologies

For the ring topology, there are two possible variants depending on whether the inter-node links ...

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ISBN: 9781856175296