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Figure 29. Example of inter-building fiber-optic cabling for an IP
network
Topology
Topology refers to the physical design of a network. Networks using
twisted-pair wire (10BaseT) support only a star topology, in which each of
the devices on the network is connected to a hub like points of a star. A
typical star topology is shown in Figure 30.