Hub and spoke?

[Microbyte]

i hear the term hub and spoke topology a lot. can someone give me some details about this subject?

thanks

 

[audiotherapy]

donno if this answers ur ?...
hub and spoke topology looks like this

|
routerA
/ | routerB routerC routerD

where routerA is the "hub", and B,C,D are the spokes...

 

[Microbyte]

so hub is referred to as center node
and spoke is referred to as leaf node (end of path)?

 

[yawnbob]

Yupper! Take a look at the diagram about halfway down the page in the following link:

http://www.tele.sunyit.edu/Sample_Network_Design/routing.htm