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Advantages of Tree Topology

• Because of Secondary Hub, More devices can be attached to a Central Hub and therefore increase the distance a signal can travel.
• Tree Topology is one of the best alternative to apply other topologies in real life.
• Enables Differentiated Services: Allows to prioritize communication, e.g. computers attached to one secondary hub can be given priority over others.
• Therefore, TIME SENSITIVE data will not have to wait for access to the network.
• Rest of the advantages are almost the same as STAR.
• The Error detection are easy and correction therefore may easy.
• Each computer is connected with point to point wiring or connection to central hub.

Disadvantages of Tree Topology

• Main bus cable are used so tree topology is not reliable because it depends on bus cable. If the main cable or bus cable breaks the network will shutdown or slow.
• Maintenance mode will be difficult for this network because more nodes added to it.
• Difficulty in adding more nodes because it depends on cable used.

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