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Topology: (1) In a communications network, the pattern of interconnection between nodes; for example, a bus, ring or star configuration.; Full Topology Definition >>

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TechNet Webcast: All About DMZ and Edge Servers in Communications Server 2007 (Level 300): Today's environments almost require people to access each other from any place. With the deployment of edge servers in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 users can be enabled to participate in Instant Messaging IM, Web conferencing, and audiovideo sessions remotely. The presenter of this webcast takes a look at the...; Tags: Webcast, DMZ, Topology, Communications Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Servers, Networking, Hardware; Webcasts 2008-04-22
Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool (msi): It is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Exchange servers and topology. The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer can programmatically collect settings and values from data repositories such as registry, Active Directory, metabase and performance monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive best practice...; Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Topology, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Tool, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-01-25
Why OLPC mesh wireless networking won't work: One of the touted features of the $200 OLPC laptop is the peer-to-peer mesh topology networking feature that can theoretically bring an Internet infrastructure where there is no network infrastructure. The problem is that peer-to-peer wireless LAN mesh topology sounds better than it actually works and there's a good reason...; Tags: Network, Problem, Topology, Radio, Wireless Networking, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Wi-Fi, Wireless, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-25
Internet maps are blooming: It is important to understand network topology to predict its performance and its resilience to attacks. This is why computer scientists at UC San Diego have developed new algorithms which create Internet maps. Their maps -- looking like digital dandelions -- show Internet nodes and their linkages. But they are...; Tags: Network Topology, Internet, Network, Goal, Topology, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-02
Effect of the Hydraulic Piping Topology on Energy Demand and Comfort in Buildings With Tabs: A research project on the control and design of Thermally Activated Building Systems TABS has been started in May 2004. This paper presents one selected result after three years of work: Decision guidance and recommendations for HVAC design engineers regarding how to select an energy-efficient hydraulic piping topology for TABS....; Tags: Siemens AG, Topology, Construction; White papers 2007-06-14

TechNet Webcast: Security for SharePoint Products and Technologies (Level 200): The presenter discusses the security methods for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and reviews different authentication methods and details their benefits and limitations. Other topics covered in this webcast include management of permissions; role of permissions with SharePoint groups; permission levels; new permissions available in...; Tags: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Permission, Webcast, Microsoft SharePoint, Topology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft TechNet, Groupware, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Security, Software, Marketing; Webcasts 2007-03-19
Lightpath Topology Configuration for Wavelength-Routed IP/MPLS Networks for Time-Dependent Traffic: The integration of lightpath topology design and IP/MPLS traffic engineering provides greater flexibility for next generation networks. This paper considers the integrated design problem of configuration of lightpath topology and optimal routing of IP/MPLS tunnels on this lightpath topology for time-varying traffic. A mixed integer linear programming model is proposed...; Tags: MPLS, Network, Topology, IP, UMKC, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2006-12-01
TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Topologies and Routing (Level 300): In earlier versions of Microsoft Exchange Server, e-mail routing involved delivery over point-to-point networks using discrete next-hop solutions, which did not take full advantage of advancements in network technologies. The presenter of this webcast describes how e-mail routing works in the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment, and looks at how...; Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, Topology, Microsoft TechNet, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2006-09-28
Master the most common deployments of IPsec VPNs: This sample chapter from IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals reviews several common deployments of IPsec VPNs. First, the chapter discusses several prevalent IPsec VPN topologies: Site-to-site IPsec VPNs Site-to-site IPsec+GRE VPNs Hub-and-spoke IPsec VPN topologies Remote access VPN topologies ...; Tags: Topology, IPSec VPN, IPSec, VPNs, Network Security, Networking, Security; Book chapters 2006-07-25
Scaling IP Routing With the Core Router-Integrated Overlay: IP routing scalability is based on hierarchical routing, which requires that the IP address hierarchy be aligned with the physical topology. Both site multi-homing and switching ISPs without renumbering break this alignment, resulting in large routing tables. This paper presents CRIO: a new approach to IP scalability for both global...; Tags: Router, Topology, Scalability, IP, Cornell University, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Networking, Internet; White papers 2006-07-18
Topology Control Meets SINR: The Scheduling Complexity of Arbitrary Topologies: To date, topology control in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks-the study of how to compute from the given communication network a subgraph with certain beneficial properties-has been considered as a static problem only; the time required to actually schedule the links of a computed topology without message collision was...; Tags: Topology, Wi-Fi, Wireless; White papers 2006-05-25
A Scalable, Power-Efficient Broadcast Algorithm for Wireless Networks: Scalability and power-efficiency are two of the most important design challenges in wireless ad hoc networks. This paper presents a scalable, power-efficient broadcast algorithm for wireless ad hoc networks. The paper first investigates the trade-off between reaching more nodes in a single hop using higher transmission power and reaching fewer...; Tags: Algorithm, Fault-tolerance, Network, Topology, Springer Science+Business Media, Wireless Network, BLSS, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Wireless; White papers 2006-05-08
Prepare for CompTIA's Network+ exam with more than 100 practices questions on network media and topologies: This sample chapter, taken from Network+ Certification Practice Questions Exam Cram 2 (Exam N10-003), 2nd Edition, offers practice test questions and answers about media and topologies for Exam N10-003. This sample chapter, taken from Network+ Certification Practice Questions Exam Cram 2 (Exam N10-003), 2nd Edition, offers practice...; Tags: Network, Media, Topology, CompTIA, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Book chapters 2006-03-31
A Topology-Aware Routing Protocol for the MANET With Multiple Sinks: In this paper, a topology-aware routing protocol is developed for the Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks MANET with multiple fixed Base Stations BSes. The protocol aims at delivering packets reliably from the source node to its nearest BS. A topology-aware route recovery method is proposed to resolve route failures, and a novel...; Tags: Aware, Michigan State University, Topology, Routing Protocol, Engineering, Backups; White papers 2006-03-16
Discovering Fibre Channel Topology Through WBEM: A Fibre Channel FC Storage Area Network SAN is usually viewed as a central pool of FC storage that is accessible from many servers. However, FC SANs have many additional interoperating components such as servers and FC Host Bus Adapters HBAs, switches, and hubs. A SAN administrator can find it...; Tags: Fibre Channel, SAN, Topology, WBEM, Fibre Channel Storage Area Network, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 2006-03-02
Intel NetStructure ZT 7102 Chassis Management Module: Platform management - to anticipate and prevent failures, and reduce Mean Time to Repair MTTR - is a key requirement for delivering maximum service availability in a computing system. To achieve this, the Intel NetStructure ZT 7102 3U Chassis Management Module delivers a superb level of protection with reliable, comprehensive;...; Tags: Topology, Intel Corp., Quality, Business Operations; White papers 2006-03-01
A Topology Control Approach to Using Directional Antennas in Wireless Mesh Networks: Directional antennas in wireless mesh networks can improve spatial reuse. However, using them effectively needs specialized protocol support at the MAC layer, which is always not practical. The work discussed in this paper presents a topology control approach to effectively using directional antennas with legacy MAC layer protocols such as...; Tags: Network, Topology, Antenna, Idea, Mesh Networking, Wireless, Networking; White papers 2005-09-25
A Topology Control Approach for Utilizing Multiple Channels in Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks: This paper considers the channel assignment problem in a multi-radio wireless mesh network that involves assigning channels to radio interfaces for achieving efficient channel utilization. The paper proposes the notion of a traffic-independent base channel assignment to ease coordination and enable dynamic, efficient and flexible channel assignment. It presents a...; Tags: Topology, Channel Assignment, Mesh Networking, Engineering, Networking; White papers 2005-08-28
GIS Topology: A GIS topology is a set of rules and behaviors that model how points, lines, and polygons share geometry. Topology has long been a key GIS requirement for data management and integrity. In general, a topological data model represents spatial objects (point, line, and area features) using an underlying graph...; Tags: Topology, GIS Topology, GIS, Software; White papers 2005-07-01
Industrial Ethernet Network Topologies: The objective of this paper is to support the configuring engineer in the planning phase of an Industrial Ethernet network to be used in an industrial environment. The systematic mention of the manifold secondary conditions in industrial environments is intended to make it possible to identify the focal points for...; Tags: Ethernet, Network, Siemens AG, Topology, Networking; White papers 2005-07-01