The networking dictionary i have has no definition for this term: physical interface.
This is verbatim from a textbook:
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for a network containing n hosts, each host must ahve n-1 physical interfaces. in practice, the number of physical interfaces on a node will limit the size of a full-mesh network that can be built.
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What does the author mean by "physical interface"? does he mean a gateway like a router or bridge, or a modem? thanks
From what i understand, a node is a workstation and a host is a gateway computer, so what will a physical interface be compared to?
The topology referred therein is a mesh topology.