Any network that uses a switch or router, but not a hub, to centrally and physically connect the nodes on the network. It is a physical star, but logically, the nodes communicate as a bus, e.g., each node communicates only with the switch to which it is connected; it is up to the switch to pass the information along another bus connection to another node. A hub, on the other hand, is both physically and logically a star, because all nodes connect to the central bus and the communication path is radiated from one node via the hub to all other nodes. Star-wired bus should not be confused with a star-bus hybrid, which is a network made up of multiple stars, each one connected to the next via a bus.
You likely wired it wrong. Not sure what you mean by "fizzle out".
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Loads or power-consuming devices are usually wired
The codes are local and may be different in each jurisdiction. Check with the local fire inspector. At any rate I recommend both, especially if you have a gas fired heating stove or fireplace for the CO2 detector. I have combined detectors everywhere. The other question is if local code requires a hard wired detector with battery backup.
Resistors are wired in series when they are connected in a line. The current flows through the resistors one after the other.
STAR-Bus
yes, network topology does matter to design a network. as we know that topology is a structure of network. without a topology network cannot be designed. we have to consider which topology to use and what does each topology does. different topology have its different features. if you want most secure connection use full mesh topology
Topology is always useful when looking at how a network is physically constructed or wired. This gives the network technician some idea of how the network is put together when diagnosing problems.
Topology means how the network is physically wired; it doesn't have anything to do with speed necessarily. Did you mean Fast Ethernet (100BaseTX)?
a wireless mesh topology, like a regular mesh topology, but instead of all clients on the network being wired up, they simply just connect via wireless
A star-wired bus is a hybrid topology (more than 1 type of topology). There is no particular access method that requires or relies on that type of hybrid.
LAN (Local Area Network)
It's a network architecture which employs wireless devices. Compared to "classical" network topology, where the cable is network medium, in wireless networks is the air a network medium. It means, that all data travels through the air. Wireless topology can be of 2 basic categories: Ad-hoc = no central device, just a bunch of computers connected together through their wireless network adapters. Infrastructure = there is a central device called "access point" to which all client computers connect. This access point provides interconnectivity between clients and also sometimes between the wireless and wired network.
Topology answers the question about how a network is physically wired. It also places constraints on the number of clients and how they are connected, not to mention the distances between systems. So knowing the topology in use gives the network technician an idea of limitations and growth potentials, not to mention troubleshooting.
A Local Area Network (LAN) may use many different types of topologies (how the network is physically wired). If one uses a ring topology, then a special type of managed hub is usually used which implements packet switching in a round, ring structure, in which each station is visited by the packet in linear sequence. Ring topologies also involve the use of a 'token', which describes whether a station on the ring may use the network or not. Ring topology can be considered as a LAN and it is rarely used nowadays.
Local Area Network => Connects you via wired connection to your network.
Reliable because a hybrid topology can diagnose and isolate faults efficiently. A network fault (such as a faulty node or a break in a network cable) will not affect the performance of the rest of the network. A hybrid network quickly scans all nodes and hardware points to detect where a fault lies, isolates it, and carries out further diagnostic tests. The rest of the network remains fully functional while this fault isolation and diagnosis is carried out. Flexible because I combine various configurations to bring about most optimal conditions to suit network traffic, processing loads and data latency. Hybrid networks can be expanded easily to add new systems and nodes. Each concentration point (or the point which a network connection is made) is designed to hold extra lobes. Additional network hardware peripherals can be attached to these lobes in order to increase capacity.A hybrid topology is able to tap into the strengths of other topologies and ignore their weaknesses. This results in a complex network that is more efficient and effective than individual topologies. It combines the optimal features of its combined topologies. For instance, a star-wired ring topology combines the features of a star topology with those of a ring topology. This hybrid topology combines the fault tolerance capability of the star topology with the data reliability of the ring topology. A star-wired bus topology combines the features of a star topology with a linear bus topology. It combines the network extension features of the bus topology with the simplicity and fault tolerance of the star topology.