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C-Bus By Demand 3
Training Manual 21
2.3.3 FullyConnectedTopology
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A fully connected network topology is the most rarely used of all network topologies. The
conceptofafullyconnectednetworkisthateachC‐Busnetworkwillhaveanetworkbridgethat
isconnectedtoeveryotherC‐Busnetwork(seeFigure14).
With this particular configuration it may also be feasible to remove one of the bridges, an
d
utilisethedualroutingcapabilityofthenetworkbridges.
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Figure 10: A fully connected network topology.
Itisrecommendedthatthistypeofnetworkconfigurationbeusedin:
 • smallsizedinstallations
 • mediumsizedinstallations.
AdvantagesoftheFullyConnectedtopologyare:
 • networkactsasonelargenetwork
 • eachnetworkwillsendacommandtoeveryothernetwork.
DisadvantagesoftheFullyConnectedtopologyare:
 • difficulttosetup
 • increasedam
ountofC‐Busnetworktraffic
 • as the number of C ‐Bus networks increase, the number of network bridges incre
ase
rapidly.
Tofullymap3C‐Busnetworks,3networkbridgesareneeded.TofullymapfourC‐Bus
networks,6networkbridgesareneeded.