135. AQA A Level SLR21 Networking topologies
About this video
AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.9.2.1
A Level 4.9.2.1
The layout and arrangement of devices in a network is known as its topology. In this video we discuss two different topologies: Physical star and Logical bus.
Key questions:
- What are the main differences between a bus and star network topology?
- What do we mean by physical vs logical network topology?
00:00 Networking topologies
00:08 Intro
00:13 Network topologies
00:38 Physical bus topology
01:03 Physical star topology
01:49 Advantages and disadvantages of physical bus vs physical star network topologies
02:44 Physical vs logical topology
04:07 Key questions
04:21 Outro
Last updated: 30.10.25