Topologies that make up a WAN

In general, we have two types of topologies: the physical topology, which is the actual layout of your network, and the logical topology, which describes how your traffic is going to flow, and which direction your traffic is going to take to reach its intended destination. In a Wide Area Network, we have several topologies we can create, based on the business needs, but here we will discuss three basic WAN topology designs:

Hub and spoke

This design is based on a centralized router (hub), and several branch or remote routers (spokes) that communicate with the hub and all other routers through the hub:

An advantage to creating this type of topology is that it makes it easier to administer and...