Mesh+Network

Mesh networking, connects each node to at least two other nodes and potentially to each and every other network node, an arrangement referred to as fully connected. This involves more cabling or more wireless devices and greater overhead, but it allows the network to heal itself automatically when a break occurs, so there's no interruption of service to any node.

Advantages


 * Since there is no gateway, nodes can connect to each other with no regard to the state of the rest of the network.
 * Nodes can create their own paths through the network

Disadvantages


 * Setup time can be quite time consuming.
 * Hard to detect a fault in the net work.