Talk:Network topology

message: An image showing a horizontal root connection with multiple small connection lines leading into a group of clients will be much, much helpful for the tree topology section.
Further, I think we need to remove the technical details mentioned as points, as they don't add much. We can create a separate page and add it there.
Finally, I think the confusing remark can finally be removed after I simplified the overall tone of the piece.
Princeeternity (talk) 12:36, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no longer a Tree topology section in this article There is a diagram at Tree network but it doesn't look like a tree. ~Kvng (talk) 18:36, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarifications on and Image for Tree Topology Section 

message: I have rewritten this article to the best of my ability given my reference sources but am still confused concerning some aspects of the terminology used in this subject, especially concerning the correct usage of the term 'physical'. In some instances the term seems to be used to describe the actual arrangement of the layout of the cabling and the nodes in a network and in other instances it seems to be referring to the physical layer of the OSI model.
For example, the star network, which could exhibit, from a signal standpoint, any number of topologies while physically it is a star with reference to the central node being linked to the peripheral nodes in a hub and spoke fashion with cables. This topology could be used to implement the 802.4 Token Bus network if I am not mistaken but in this implementation (at the PHY layer) it is a physical bus and at the logical layer it is a logical ring which results in three topologies (i.e., physical star [cabling level], physical bus [PHY layer], logical ring) instead of the two referred to in most references (i.e., physical bus / logical ring). I am confused as to how to describe this network in network topology terms. My best attempt would be to describe it as a physical star, signal bus, and logical ring but can find no reference to this type of usage of the terminology.
For another example, the same star network could be implemented using a switch as the hub or central node and then it would exhibit a mesh (hybrid ?) topology as far as the signal is concerned and could be used to implement some type of a logical ring topology (given the correct software in the nodes), in which case I would describe this network as a physical star, signal mesh, and logical ring.
In my examples, the term 'signal' seems to be replaced by 'physical' in many texts and the fact that the physical and signal topologies (my terminology) are different seems to be entirely overlooked or ignored.
If someone could clarify this for me (with some references that are easily accessible over the internet if possible) I would be happy to incorporate this new (for me) understanding into this article.
Thanks! --mlewis000 19:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We could clarify this by using wiring topology or physical topology to the physical layout and pyhsical layer topology for behavior at the physical layer. ~Kvng (talk) 18:36, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion concerning terminology... 

message: I feel that the section Basic Topology types should be removed or clubbed with Classification of Network Topologies. It serves no purpose on its own, alone out there. Any suggestions?
Darshit 14:36, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: section is now called Classification. ~Kvng (talk) 18:36, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basic Topology Types