{
    "api": "YAML JSON TOON Database",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "format": "json",
    "dataset": {
        "id": 2859,
        "slug": "network-topologies",
        "title": "Network Topologies",
        "description": "Common physical and logical network layouts.",
        "summary": "The classic ways to wire a network, from bus and ring to star and mesh, with the trade-offs of each, plus point-to-point, hub-and-spoke, spine-leaf and daisy-chain layouts that appear in modern WANs and data centers.",
        "use_when": [
            "You are comparing physical or logical layouts for a design or an exam answer.",
            "You need the failure characteristics of a layout in one line."
        ],
        "caveats": [
            "Physical and logical topology can differ: a switched Ethernet network is wired as a star but behaves as a shared segment for broadcast purposes.",
            "Bus and ring layouts are mostly historical for LANs; modern wired networks are switched stars or spine-leaf fabrics."
        ],
        "related": [
            "osi-model-layers",
            "routing-protocols"
        ],
        "entry_count": 10,
        "fields": [
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "topology",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Bus"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "description",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "All devices share a single central cable."
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "pros_cons",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Cheap but hard to troubleshoot."
            }
        ],
        "category": "Networking",
        "category_slug": "networking",
        "tags": "networking,topology,architecture",
        "view_count": 43,
        "created_at": 1793403093,
        "updated_at": 1793403093
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "topology": "Bus",
            "description": "All devices share a single central cable.",
            "pros_cons": "Cheap but hard to troubleshoot."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Star",
            "description": "All devices connect to a central hub or switch.",
            "pros_cons": "Easy to manage; central point of failure."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Ring",
            "description": "Devices connect in a circular fashion.",
            "pros_cons": "Predictable performance; single break can disrupt."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Mesh",
            "description": "Devices connect to many other devices.",
            "pros_cons": "High redundancy; expensive."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Tree",
            "description": "Hierarchical star topology.",
            "pros_cons": "Scalable; root failure affects branches."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Hybrid",
            "description": "Combination of two or more topologies.",
            "pros_cons": "Flexible but complex."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Point-to-Point",
            "description": "A dedicated link between exactly two nodes.",
            "pros_cons": "Simple and predictable; does not scale to many nodes."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Hub-and-Spoke",
            "description": "Branch sites connect to a central site rather than to each other.",
            "pros_cons": "Few links and central control; the hub is a bottleneck and single point of failure."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Spine-Leaf",
            "description": "Every leaf switch connects to every spine switch in a data-center fabric.",
            "pros_cons": "Predictable, low-latency paths and easy horizontal scaling; needs many cables and ports."
        },
        {
            "topology": "Daisy Chain",
            "description": "Devices are connected one after another in a line.",
            "pros_cons": "Minimal cabling; a failure in the middle splits the chain."
        }
    ]
}