Jimmy wrote: > > If it is connected to another network, then it is a backbone > between the two > network rite?
Probably. > Else if it is connect to the Internet, there will > not be any > backbone in the network? Rite? The router is the collapsed backbone for the network you showed us, as I mentioned before. > Correct me if wrong. Sorry, me > new in this > line. So have to seek advice from you all. Don't take words like "backbone" too literarlly. It's not a scientific term. That would be my advice. Priscilla > > Cheers, > Jimmy > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in > message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Jimmy wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > Just want to clarify something. Let say i have middle-size > > > network which all > > > the switches (around 4) connected together to a router. The > > > backbone of the > > > network should be the toward the WAN side which is from the > > > router onsward > > > rite? Or is it the connection from the switch to the router? > > > > > > > > > > > > Switch-----Switch 1------\ > > > Hub -----Switch 2-------\ > > > Switch-----Switch 3-------/ Router ------ (Backbone) > > > Hub -----Switch 4------/ > > > > > > > It's hard to say, but it looks like you have a collapsed > backbone and it's > > the router. When multiple links converge into one device, > such as a switch > > or router, then it's often called a collapsed backbone. > > > > Where does the WAN go? If it just accesses another network, > such as the > > Internet, then it wouldn't normally be called a backbone. But > if you have > an > > enterprise network with a core of WAN links that connect > campus LANs, you > > could call the WAN core the backbone of the enterprise > network. > > > > Usually a backbone has more capacity than the other links in > the network, > > however, and so usually a WAN link doesn't act as a backbone > for LANs. A > > more usual use of the term would be a Gigabit Ethernet > backbone that acts > as > > the backbone for 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet segments. > > > > It's not really a scientific term, though, and it gets used > in many > > different ways. The idea is that when you draw your topolgoy, > you will > > undoubtedly have some larger transmission link that > aggregates traffic > from > > smaller links. That larger link is a backbone. The drawing > should look > like > > the bone in your back that connects other bones. It's just an > analogy. > > > > Priscilla > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54647&t=54590 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
