Mesh topology
- 1. Cool Mesh By: Sediq
- 2. Contents: What is Mesh Topology ? Why Mesh Topology ? Types of Mesh Topology !? Advantages and Disadvantages !? Mean of this topic with Q&As !?
- 3. What is Mesh Topology ? A communications network having two or more paths to any node. A type of networking where each node must not only capture and disseminate its own data, but also serve as a relay for other nodes, that is, it must collaborate to propagate the data in the network.
- 4. Why Mesh Topology? Network topology is used initially for planning the best way to design your network to get maximum performance, once installed topology is a great asset in trouble shooting.
- 5. Types of Mesh Topology ! • Provides a direct link between each pair of nodes (routers) on the backbone network. Full mesh topologies provide the highest level of fault tolerance but increase the computational strain on dynamic routers for calculating their routing tables. A 1. Full full mesh network with N routers would have N factorial paths (1 x 2 x 3 x … x N) to calculate. mesh • In this, like a true mesh, each component is connected to topology: every other component. Even after considering the redundancy factor and cost of this network, its main advantage is that the network traffic can be redirected to other nodes if one of the nodes goes down. Full mesh topology is used only for backbone networks.
- 7. • Includes some redundant data paths to provide some level of fault tolerance. This is the more usual implementation in large internetworks. • This is far more practical as compared to full 2. Partial Mesh mesh topology. Here, some of the systems are connected in similar fashion as in mesh Topology:- topology while rests of the systems are only connected to 1 or 2 devices. It can be said that in partial mesh, the workstations are ‘indirectly’ connected to other devices. This one is less costly and also reduces redundancy.
- 9. Advantages and Disadvantages ! Advantages of Mesh topology 1) Data can be transmitted from different devices simultaneously. This topology can withstand high traffic. 2) Even if one of the components fails there is always an alternative present. So data transfer doesn’t get affected. 3) Expansion and modification in topology can be done without disrupting other nodes. Disadvantages of Mesh topology 1) There are high chances of redundancy in many of the network connections. 2) Overall cost of this network is way too high as compared to other network topologies. 3) Set-up and maintenance of this topology is very difficult. Even administration of the network is tough.