How does a network topology affect your decision in setting up a network?

Question

Can someone give me an understanding of how the .ini settings are located and combined? I am under the impression that there is a full settings .ini file somewhere up high in my host's server tree and that
any settings I create in .ini files in each of my domain folders are appended/updated against the 'main' ini settings to give me a 'current' group of php.ini settings.

What I'm looking to find out is does an ini setting established in a test subdomain of my site affect those ini settings outside of my test subdomain?

Answer 1

Decision for a need is taken on information+data+rule+solution known to the person/organizations taking decision.

In your question, NEED is "setting up a network"
One of rule known in this question is Network topology, and it is pillar rule for setting up any network that is required in the question.
Network topology affect can be seen in terms of:
1. no. of user support required and how they should be connected
2. What type of multi-level security is supported
3. Type of network device required
4. whether mixed network topology is required or not based on type and usage of network
5. selection of network topology also impacts CAPEX because of the price of network device

look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_topology for more information

Comments

In short: Network topology dictates what media you must use to interconnect devices. It also serves as basis on what materials, connector and terminations that is applicable for the setup.