Internetworking topologies for local area networks: Pros and cons

This paper deals with internetworking aspects of local area networks (LANs) with other local area networks and/or long-haul networks. Two types of LAN topologies are considered: bus and ring. Internetworking topologies discussed in this paper include, (i) networking of ring LANs via a bus LAN, (ii) networking of ring LANs via a ring LAN, (iii) networking of bus LANs via a bus and (iv) networking of LANs to long-haul networks. Advantages and disadvantages of these topologies are discussed in terms of their performance and other features.