3.2. Network topology
3.2.1. Network topology in general
There are many network topologies which are point to point which is stranded lan between 2 or more pcs using cat 5 or 6 cables to connect them. Bus used coax and connected a series of computers on a shared line but if devise fails they all fail also this topology is no longer used since the introduction of Cat 5 and higher cables.
There is ring topology where computers are connected to each other and a virtual token is used to allow pcs to communicate to each other whoever gets the token in the cycle can carry out commands for example you have 4 pc’s numbered 1-4 if the token is at pc 2 and pc 1 wants to print then the token must be passed to pc 3 and then 4 before pc 1 can print in short it is like a queuing process and the requests will be dealt with in the order received, also ring is faster than Ethernet but was …show more content…
Because this is a school it would have to be a multi-user licence that will allow the technicians to install the operating system on multiple computers, with Linux it can easily be installed on many computers as it is free but windows the licence will have to be purchased with a cd copy that the licence works on. The most common operating system being used is Microsoft windows but Ms Windows is more aimed for an office environment while Linux is more commonly used by people in certain areas such as art and ict. In my own opinion I think both should be used as it will allow the students to choose which operating system they want to use and are most comfortable with also it will show them there are more operating systems outside than just MS Windows, as most pc’s have Windows installed as the default operating system. The only cost of doing this is the time installing 2 operating systems on pc’s since Linux is