Point to Point (Achieved via direct connection)
Bus (Achieved via network addressing)
- This topology is similar to the spinal cord
Ring (Achieved via network addressing in combination with transceivers on each device)
- Achieved by Daisy Chaining
- Linear Daisy chaining is also similar, but each computer requires two receivers and transmitters (for two directions)
Star (Achieved via direct connection to a central node)
Tree (Achieved via hierarchical connections, which can also be seen as chaining stars)
Mesh (Achieved via direct connections between multiple nodes)
Hybrid (Combination of any of the other networks)

Centralization

Decentralization

Mesh topology is decentralized.
- A limited hop mesh topology has a hypercube topology
  - This is similar to how in grid networks (e.g. Electrical), a linear or ring topology is used.
  - Multidimensional rings have a toroidal topology (remember the 3 houses and 3 supplies problem?)
- Military networks use Point to Point connections between all nodes to get maximum reliability.

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