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title: "What is different between star topology and mesh topology?"  
description: "What is different between star topology and mesh topology?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-05-31  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97706/what-is-different-between-star-topology-and-mesh-topology  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "topology", "networking"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is different between star topology and mesh topology?

What is different between [star topology](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97717/what-is-star-topology) and [mesh topology](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30582/what-is-one-advantage-of-mesh-topology)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

The nodes in a **[star](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83740/buying-guide-of-samsung-198-l-5-star-digital-inverter-single-door-refrigerator) topology** are linked to a central hub or router, and information is routed from the central hub or router to all of the nodes. If there are n nodes, there are n links in Star topology. The nodes are completely connected to each other via a dedicated link through which information travels from node to node. **[Mesh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97516/is-microsoft-mesh-a-part-of-the-metaverse) topology** connects nodes completely via dedicated links in which information travels from node to node and there are N(N-1)/2 links in Mesh topology if there are N nodes.

- The nodes in a star topology are linked to a central hub or router. The nodes in a mesh topology are completely connected to each other via a dedicated link.
- If there are N nodes, there are N links in Star topology. If there are N nodes, there are N(N-1)/2 links in Mesh topology.
- Star topology is less expensive. Mesh topology is prohibitively expensive.
- Star topology has a low level of complexity. Mesh topology has a high level of complexity.

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