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Lan
Lan
• distributed access
• limited distance
1. BUS 2. RING
3. STAR 4. TREE
BUS TOPOLOGY
• Terminator absorbs
frames at end of
medium.
RING TOPOLOGY
• A closed loop of
repeaters joined by
point to
point links
• Used with
multipoint medium
• Full duplex
connection between
station and tap
• Need to regulate
transmission
• Tree is a
generalization of bus
HARDWARE COMPONENTS of a local area network…
The physical connection medium: The main physical support media used in
local area networks are:
•Coaxial cable
•Twisted pair
•Fiber optics
LAN’s TRANSMISSION MEDIA…
Optical fiber
– security, high capacity, small size, high cost
DEVICES USED FOR CONNECTIVITY…
LAN PROTOCOL ARCHITECHTURE…
LAN PROTOCOLS IN CONTEXT…
MAC FRAME FORMAT…
Ethernet (CSMA/CD)
• Developed by
– Xerox - original Ethernet
– IEEE 802.3
• LAN usually links computers (or resources such as printers) using a wired
transmission medium (most frequently twisted pairs or coaxial cables).
• Ethernet technologies
– CSMA/CD media access
– 10Mbps Ethernet
– 100Mbps Ethernet
– 1Gbps Ethernet
– 10Gbps Ethernet