Tree Topology With Diagram

 Network topology refers to the layout or design in which various elements of a network are interconnected. Network topology can be either Physical Topology or Logical Topology. Topology can be considered as the overall structure or shape of a network.

This article elaborates Tree topology with diagram and its advantages and disadvantages.

Tree Topology:  As its name implies in this topology devices make a Tree structure. This is an advanced version of star topology as central controllers of star topology work as secondary hub. All these Secondary Hubs gets connected to Central hub or Primary Hub that controls the traffic to the network. Most Devices are connected to secondary hubs. The central contains a repeater, which is a hardware device that regenerates the received bit patterns. It is easier to expand an existing network with tree topology.It can be viewed as various star topologies are connecting to a linear backbone bus.

Advantages:

Central hub (repeater) increases the distance a signal can travel between devices.                 

Supported by a larger number of vendors.

Disadvantages:

More cabling is required in a tree than in other topologies (except mesh).

It’s more difficult to configure than other topologies

Entire network collapse if central Hub or backbone bus fails.

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