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CompTIA-Network+ (includes Official Labs)

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Lesson 1.1 Networking Overview

Network types and topologies determine the scale and flow of data through a network. Identifying the different topologies is essential to designing or troubleshooting a network. No matter what your specific role in network implementation and management, you will need to understand the characteristics of the network topology you are working with and identify how the topology affects network design, performance, and troubleshooting.

 

As you study this lesson, answer the following questions: 

  • Why is it useful to categorize network types, appliances, applications, functions, and topologies?
  • What are the advantages of a client-server network  compared to a peer-to-peer network? 
  • How does a logical topology differ from a physical topology? 
  • What do diagrams of point to point, star, and mesh topologies look like?