You should connect one end of each of the cables to the network adapters on each computer and the other end to a switch or hub (this should be straight-through cable, about 5 to 10 ft. long, which is sometimes called “patch” cable). Your network should resemble the diagram shown in Figure 1. If you add more computers, you will need both a cable and a port on your hub or
switch for each. This is a physical star topology because all computers are connected to a central connecting point. However, it is considered a logical bus if you are using a hub, since all computers will share the connection; or if you are using a switch, the topology is both a physical and a logical star, since connections are made and broken upon demand and are not shared.