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This provides you with a physical and logical arrangement of how the traffic flows through your network.  \nThe topology of our network will be one of the main deciding factors of how efficient your traffic flows.  \nFor example: Let’s say that we have 4 switches, a router and a server.  \nDaisy Chain Topology  \nIn this topology we have the switches connected in a chain, this type of topology is called “Daisy Chain” topology where one switch connects to the next and so on.  \nThis is not very efficient for any computers connected on switches 3 and 4 since the traffic will go through the otherswitches to reach the router or server.  \nAlso, If one of the switches in this chain goes down all the switches further down the chain will also loose connection.  \nStar Topology  \nIn this topology “Switch 1” is acting as our “Core” switch, all other “Edge” switches connect directly to “Switch 1” andwill only have one hop to access the router or server.  \nIf one of the “Edge” switches requires a reboot, or if it goes down, it will not affect the other devices connected to the“Core” switch.  \nAdvanced Star Topology  \nIn this topology we have added a “M4300-8X8F” as our “Core”switch and we have all the “Edge” switches connected via the 10GB SFP+ ports.  \nThis provides all the “Edge” switches with a 10 Gb uplink to the“Core” switch and allows for the network to be easily expanded.  \nThe topologies that we have looked at so far have been “physical” network topologies, there are also “logical” network topologies.  \nThe difference between these is that a “physical” topology will show the devices and how they are connected, while a “logical” topology will show us not only how they are connected but how the network  \nis configured, how the traffic flows.  \nAs you can imagine, a logical topology can make the difference between a short troubleshooting session to find the issue and having to spend hours to map out the entire network to discover the issue.  \nHere we can see a physical and logical topology side by side:  \nLogical Network Topology  \nEnd","cbCaimkH02yOSQIO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimkH02yOSQIO","pdf",1614858,"English","# Network Topology\n## Nodes, Physical vs Logical Layout\n## Daisy Chain Topology\n## Star Topology\n## Advanced Star Topology\n## Troubleshooting with Logical Views","[{\"question\":\"What is a network topology and what does it determine?\",\"answer\":\"A network topology is the arrangement of nodes (devices like routers, switches, and access points) and how traffic flows through them. 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