Tuesday, 27 September 2016

What is Tree Topology?

Nodes in a tree are linked to a central hub that controls the traffic to the network. However not
every devices plugs directly into the central hub. The majority of devices connect to a secondary hub that in turn is connected to the central hub. The control hub in the tree is an active hub. An active hub
contains a repeater which is a hardware device that regenerates the received but patterns before sending them out. Repeating strengthens transmission & increases the distance a signal can travel.


Advantages Of Tree Topology:

• The distance to which a signal can travel increases as the signal passes through a chain of hubs.
• Tree topology allows isolating and prioritizing communications from different nodes.
• Tree topology allows for easy expansion of an existing network which enables organizations to configure anetwork to meet their needs.

 Disadvantages of Tree Topology:

• If the backbone line breaks, the entire segment goes down.
• It is more difficult to configure and wire than other
topologies.


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