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Documentation in NET 2 / ICSN

STAR TOPOLOGY

Submitted by

RAMON LOGAN
VERGEL LIWANAG
ALLAN FRANSISCO
BRYAN ROSAL

Submitted to

SIR RANDY M. ROSALES

Date

March 2, 2009
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The work of this documentation represents the concerted efforts of our talented, smart,
creative, and resourceful group over nearly two months. One of the features of the paper is
collaboration and it required many acts of collaboration by quite a few people in order to come
to fruition. When we presented our presentable, portable, and hi-tech battery operated project
miniature to our beloved instructor, we began by saying how blessed we felt that the project
work were still fascinating and enjoyable to us even after so many hours of study, processing,
and creating. Moreover, we are grateful that the knowledge gained through this study is so very
relevant and useful to our current subject lessons.

Therefore, it is that we begin our thanks to those who lent their support and expertise to
us in the last three weeks. First, we begin by thanking our talented instructors who
enthusiastically permitted us to use them as “lab rats” for this study. We remember them fondly
and remain in contact with a few even after leaving the school more than two weeks ago. They
were a cohort of generous, kind and caring individuals who possessed keen senses of humor.

We would like to express our thanks to our colleagues at AMA Computer Learning
Center. From AMACLC-Lipa Administration to Faculty Staff, Dir. Norie Recinto, Mdm. Sheila,
Mdm. Eva, Sir Alvin and Sir Randy Rosales were especially supportive in listening to our ideas
and helping us work out specific details.

To our peers at McDonalds Fast Food, National Bookstore, Netspeed Computer Shop,
Logan Cracksoft™ and AMACLC Schoolmates, We thank you for your many hours of support
and cheer, usually at Manyaman’s Eatery, through this long process. Cheers!

We would also like to acknowledge our thanks to our teaching friends around the school
who expressed interest in our presentable, portable, and hi-tech battery operated project
miniature study and encouraged us along the way. You have made us realize what a worthy
endeavour collaboration is to our rapidly flattening computer world.

Of course, we want to thank our parents for patiently putting up with sons who could
never get enough of school.

Lastly, and most importantly, we want to thank our great and cool family who sacrificed
time with their sons so that they could climb their own personal Mount Everest and thus
become a better person and a better student. Thanks to our parents! We hope we can always be
there for them in the way they supported us!

Rock n’Roll!
INTRODUCTION

The star topology is the layouts were the connections of the computers are centralized in
the core unit. It is essential that local area network or wide area network connections go beyond
a superficial skimming of performance factors to a critical appraisal of how each computer can
connect and distribute the line equally. An in-depth exploration of each performance factor may
reveal several aspects or dimensions that can potentially affect computers differently.

ADVANTAGES OF STAR TOPOLOGY

 It is easy to install and establish.

 Easy to configures connection.

 It has centralized management and supervision system.

 Easy to operate and troubleshoot if there is an error or problem.

 Computer network expansion is easy.

 Centralized connection and equally distributed of connections.

DISADVANTAGES OF STAR TOPOLOGY

 It requires more cable length than bus topology/lay-out.

 If the hub breaks down, the entire computer network goes down.

 More expensive than linear bus.

CONCLUSION

We, therefore to conclude that the star topology is the most commonly used topology or
set-up of layout in the internet cafés, schools, business establishments, government unit, and
non-government unit.

We used star topology in our presentable, portable, and hi-tech battery operated project
miniature in NET2/ICSN to promote the good benefits of the layout in individual
establishments who are thinking of what type of topology or layout they will use to set-up their
network. Through this study and building of star topology miniature, we found out that in
setting-up of star topology is very easy and hassle free to install.

MATERIALS

In building this presentable, portable, and battery operated project miniature of star
topology in NET2/ICSN, we used the following materials:

 Soldering iron
 Soldering lead
 Glue gun
 Glue stick (silicon stick)
 Cable (Shielded Twisted Pair)
 Illustration board
 Electrical tape
 LED light
 Switch box
 Wire stripper
 Pliers
 Battery box
 Battery (AA size)
 Cutter and scissor
STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE IN CONFIGURING THE MINIATURE

After the successful creation of our presentable, portable, and hi-tech battery operated
project miniature of star topology in NET2/ICSN, we observed and jotted all systematic
procedures and here are the lists below:

I. First, we placed the battery into the battery box.

II. Second, we switched on the power switch to test the presentable, portable, and
hi-tech battery operated project miniature project if it is working.

III. Third, we analyzed the proper distribution of power from battery to the LED
lights if it is equally distributed.

IV. Fourth, we checked each cable wires attached in each LED lights to prevent short
circuits or power interruptions.

V. Last, we fixed the cable wires by pasting the silicon stick and attached
permanently the cable wires under the platform (illustration board) of the
miniature to prevent unwanted detachments.
MINIATURE LAYOUT

COST

In spite of of present global economic crisis that we are now experiencing, our smart and
talented group created this presentable, portable, and hi-tech battery operated project miniature
of star topology with minimal amount only. Fifty percent of materials used in this project are
made of scrap materials. That is the benefit of being resourceful and creative group.