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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:00:05 +0000 James Wonnacott wrote: > Neil Stone wrote: > > > I was going through an online examy/trainingy thing this evening > > and was presented with this.. > > > > In a star topology, what happens when a workstation loses its > > physical connection to another device? > > A) The ring is broken, so no devices can communicate > > B) Only that workstation loses its ability to communicate > > C) That workstation and the device it's connected to lose > > communication with the rest of the network. > > D) No devices can communicate because there are now two unterminated > > network segments > > > > > > I got it wrong with an answer of "C".. Can anyone explain to me why > > this might be ?? > > Answers A and D suggest to me that this is a very old question or a > very out of touch question setter. > This is the sort of question I'd have expected in about 1997 when > token ring (A) and ethernet on coaxial (D) were common and star > networks using hubs and twisted pair were the "latest thing". Token Ring and FDDI are still useful ways of explaining the different ways in which communication can be achieved - although Ethernet is the most common, it is not the only thing around. Certainly if the course is going to continue down WAN routes then being able to conceptually seperate the networking technology from the data placed on it, then it's a bonus having knowledge of two quite different LAN technologies. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html