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the network. Each device checks to see if the data is addressed
to it. If the address of the data is for a different device, then that
device will just ignore the data. If two devices are sending a
large amount of data, then this may impact the availability of the
data for other devices since it is a shared network. This also
means that the network is subject monitoring since a person can
set their network interface card (NIC) into promiscuous mode
and capture all of the traffic on the network.

Star Network Layout
The star is probably the most common network layout in use
today, especially for local area networks. With a star, each
device on the network is connected to a port on a central point,