Question about Ethernet switches

shyguyITshyguyIT Member Posts: 380
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I just started studying for the Network+ and I am having trouble understanding why an Ethernet switch is a logical bus topology? I would think it is a physical/logical star topology considering packets will be directed only to the nodes they are addressed to?
2017 Goals:
Route[X], Switch [], TSHOOT[]
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  • shyguyITshyguyIT Member Posts: 380
    Anyone?
    2017 Goals:
    Route[X], Switch [], TSHOOT[]
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  • EV42TMANEV42TMAN Member Posts: 256
    If your talking about just one switch then bus topology is correct. This is true because all traffic is being routed through the one logical bus. A switch is smart enough not forward every packet out every port in a single switch set up the traffic is still confined in the one logical bus.
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  • shyguyITshyguyIT Member Posts: 380
    Ok that makes sense EV42TMAN thank you for clearing that up for me.
    2017 Goals:
    Route[X], Switch [], TSHOOT[]
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