Network Topology Lab · 1.1

Cable the Star

N10-009 · 1.6 AP NET · 3.2.C AP NET · 3.6.A

Northwind Cartography is opening a new suite for its Drafting team. Five drafting workstations and one access switch are sitting in the staging crate. Your job: place every device on the floor blueprint, then cable them into a star topology — every workstation running back to the central switch, SW-DRAFT-01. No workstation cables directly to another workstation.

Staging crate

Activate a device to place it on the blueprint.

Tasks

  • Place all six devices on the blueprint The switch and all five workstations.
  • Form a star: every workstation → SW-DRAFT-01 Switch in the middle; no workstation-to-workstation runs.

Floor blueprint

Tip: in Cable mode, click the switch, then a workstation, to run a cable.

Connections (keyboard-friendly)

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