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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/2010 00:50, Simon Waters 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 ?? > > Semantics - they are using device to mean a host on the network. > > I'd answer B - did they give a diagram or was that ASCII art from your > imagination? Context, context.... > > Star topology assumes that each device has one connection to a central > point. > > Now if X loses connection to Y in a star, strictly speaking either X or > Y or both X & Y (and possibly more) may have left the star, and you > can't tell from the question which of these apply as far as I can see. > It was my own diagram... this is exactly my point.. it's a question for geeks, by non geeks.. I'm off to bed before my head gets wrapped up in this too much.. - -- Neil Stone W: http://www.flashtek-uk.com/ T: 01752 547427 M: 07878 763185 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktLyXQACgkQ8WQMOKJswUXTFQCeLUTPB9FQ+dzHvVnmuIeDu2hv EB4An2pPF7z6pymJoYt5WbyP9w4UrtQD =znfN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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