Editing Network topology (section)

===Hybrid===
Hybrid topology is also known as hybrid network.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Hybrid Topology ? Advantages and Disadvantages|url=http://www.orosk.com/hybrid-topology/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909170820/http://www.orosk.com/hybrid-topology/|archive-date=September 9, 2016|access-date=2018-01-26|website=OROSK.COM|language=en-US}}</ref> Hybrid networks combine two or more topologies in such a way that the resulting network does not exhibit one of the standard topologies (e.g., bus, star, ring, etc.). For example, a [[tree network]] (or ''star-bus network'') is a hybrid topology in which [[star network]]s are interconnected via [[bus network]]s.<ref name="Sosinsky">{{cite book |title=Networking Bible |last=Sosinsky |first=Barrie A. |page=16 |date=2009 |location=Indianapolis |publisher=Wiley Publishing |isbn=978-0-470-43131-3 |oclc=359673774 |chapter=Network Basics |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DOREqRZejcC&pg=PA16 |access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnuwPpBcO-MC&pg=RA1-PT12 |title=Understanding Computer Science (for Advanced Level): The Study Guide |last=Bradley |first=Ray |location=Cheltenham |publisher=[[Nelson Thornes]] |page=244 |isbn=978-0-7487-6147-0 |oclc=47869750 |access-date=2016-03-26|year=2001 }}</ref> However, a tree network connected to another tree network is still topologically a tree network, not a distinct network type. A hybrid topology is always produced when two different basic network topologies are connected.

A ''star-ring'' network consists of two or more ring networks connected using a [[Media Access Unit|multistation access unit]] (MAU) as a centralized hub.

''Snowflake'' topology is meshed at the core, but tree shaped at the edges.<ref>{{citation |url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc5439/ |title=An Analysis of Scaling Issues in MPLS-TE Core Networks RFC 5439 |date=February 2009 |access-date=2024-08-05 |last1=Farrel |first1=Aian |last2=Komolafe |first2=Olufemi |last3=Yasukawa |first3=Seisho }}</ref>

Two other hybrid network types are ''hybrid mesh'' and ''hierarchical star''.<ref name="Sosinsky"/>