| 1. | CAT6 ethernet is always wired in what is called a star topology.
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| 2. | 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, and 1000BASE-T installations running on twisted pair cable use a star topology.
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| 3. | A twisted pair Ethernet is a logical bus topology in a physical star topology layout.
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| 4. | Star topology systems can be converted to multipoint systems by installing new conductors between old existing ones.
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| 5. | While IBM's token ring is a logical ring topology, it is physically set up in star topology.
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| 6. | The hub on the other hand, while maintaining a logical ring, allows a star topology on the cable level.
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| 7. | The star topology reduces the impact of a line failure by connecting all of the systems to a central node.
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| 8. | For example, the original twisted pair Ethernet using repeater hubs was a logical bus topology carried on a physical star topology.
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| 9. | In the last few years, star topologies have become more popular because their price has gone down and they are more flexible.
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| 10. | So, if you were using Xmodem or Zmodem, you weren't using the internet, just using " a " network that connects users in a star topology.
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