LAN Topologies and Media Access Control
LAN Topologies and Media Access Control
LAN Topologies and Media Access Control
Access Control
BUS 188
Chapter 7
The Lan System
Generally purchase from vendors
Three examples
Novell IEEE 802.3 network
Banyan Vines
Microsoft Windows NT
All three examples are discussing different types
of
Software
MAC protocol
Network topology
Media Access Control
Refers to a sublayer of the OSI reference
model
Resides in the datalink layer
This protocol defines station access as well
as data transmission
Topologies
Used to describe different models of creating
networks
Mathematically topologies refers to points and
surfaces in space
A topology is a physical layout
LAN’s have three basic types of topologies
BUS
RING
STAR
Bus Network
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Terminal Computer
Computer Printer
Terminal
Computer Printer
Terminal