3. Ring ?

Wor kstat ions

ar e connect ed t o
each ot her in a
cl osed-l oop
conf igur at ion.

2. Star Bus: Each

wor kstat ion is
connect ed t o a
main cabl e
cal l ed a hus.

1. Star : t her e is a
cent r al devicet o
which al l
wor kstat ions ar e
dir ect l y connect ed.
This cent r al
posit ion can be
To buil d a WLAN, occupied by a
you need access ser ver , or a hub, a
Net wor k Topol ogy B. connect ion point
point s, r adio-based Topol ogy r ef er s t o
t r ansceiver s t hat f or t he el ement s of
t he shape of a a net wor k t hat
ar e connect ed t o net wor k. Ther e ar e
t he wir ed LAN, and r edist r ibut es data.
t hr ee basic physical
wir el ess adapt er s t opol ogies.
instal l ed in your
comput er t o l ink it
t o t he net wor k.
Hot spot s ar e WLANs
avail abl e f or publ ic use in
pl aces such as air por t s AN t o anot her net wor k,
and hot el s, but somet imes e.g. t o t he net wor k Most
t he ser vice is al so net wor ks ar e connect ed
avail abl e out door s (f or wit h cabl es or wir es,
exampl e, univer sit y but new Wi-Fi wir el ess
f idel it y t echnol ogies
avail abl e out door s (f or wit h cabl es or wir es,
exampl e, univer sit y but new Wi-Fi wir el ess
f idel it y t echnol ogies
campuses, squar es, et c.). al l ow t he cr eat ion of
WLANS, wher e cabl es
or wir es ar e r epl aced
by r adio waves.
Ne t w o r k s

Net wor king al l ows t wo A r out er , a device

or mor e comput er
syst ems t o exchange t hat f or war ds
inf or mat ion and shar e data packet s, is
r esour ces and Most net wor ks ar e needed t o l ink a 1.
per ipher al s. connect ed wit h cabl es or
wir es, but t he newest
Wi-Fi, wir el ess f idel it y,
t echnol ogies enabl e t he
cr eat ion of
WLANS, wher e cabl es or
wir es ar e r epl aced by
r adio waves.

To buil d a WLAN you need r adio

based access point s
r eceiver t r ansmit t er s t hat ar e
connect ed t o t he wir ed LAN,
and wir el ess adapt er s instal l ed
in your comput er t o connect it t o
t he net wor k.
Hot spot s ar e
WLANs avail abl e
f or publ ic use in
pl aces
such as
air por t s and
hot el s, but
somet imes t he
ser vice is al so
avail abl e
out door s (eg,
col l ege
campuses, pl azas,
et c.).
net wor ks