Implementation of Bus Topology in Cisco

A bus topology is a network in which nodes are directly linked with a common half-duplex link. A host on a bus topology is called a station. In a bus network, every station will accept all network packets, and these packets generated by each station have equal information priority. A bus network includes a single network segment and collision domain. 

Steps to Configure and Setup Bus Topology in Cisco Packet Tracer :

Step 1: First, open the cisco packet tracer desktop and select the devices given below:

S.NO	Device	Model-Name
1.	PC	PC
2.	Switch	PT-Switch

IP Addressing Table

S.NO	Device	IPv4 Address	Subnet Mask
	pc0	192.168.0.1	255.255.255.0
	pc1	192.168.0.2	255.255.255.0
	pc2	192.168.0.3	255.255.255.0
	pc3	192.168.0.4	255.255.255.0

• Then, create a network topology as shown below image:
• Use an Automatic connecting cable to connect the devices with others.

Step 2: Configure the PCs (hosts) with IPv4 address and Subnet Mask according to the IP addressing table given above.

• To assign an IP address in PC0, click on PC0.
• Then, go to desktop and then IP configuration and there you will IPv4 configuration.
• Fill IPv4 address and subnet mask.

•  Assigning an IP address using the ipconfig command, or we can also assign an IP address with the help of a command.
• Go to the command terminal of the PC.
• Then, type ipconfig <IPv4 address><subnet mask><default gateway>(if needed)

Example: ipconfig 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0

• Repeat the same procedure with other PCs to configure them thoroughly.

Step 3: Verify the connection by pinging the IP address of any host in PC0.

• Use the ping command to verify the connection.
• As we can see we are getting replies from a targeted node on both PCs.
• Hence the connection is verified.

Simulation Result:

A simulation of the experiment is given below we have sent two PDU packets one targeted from PC0 to PC2 and another targeted from PC3 to PC1.