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# Network of Nodes
## The Waku Network
Typical Network Topology
![Typical Network Topology](https://i.imgur.com/MTcNKTt.png)
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Lets take a look at what a network of Waku nodes might look like.
It may be too intricate for a clear understanding on first glance, but well look into each feature in detail next.
For now its important to have a high-level understanding of what each element represents:
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- the shaded circles represent [[Waku Nodes]] contributing at different levels to the network
- the shading itself represents that nodes capabilities/resource availability (well look at this concept next)
- the colored, dotted lines represent different pubsub topics. Remember that a specific contribution always belongs to a specific pubsub topic, hence the separate pubsub topics represent separate sub-networks.
- the solid arrows represent some request/response protocols, such as `store`, `filter`, or `lightpush`
- the dotted boxes show what content topics (i.e. applications) a node is interested in. A node that is purely providing a service to the network might not care.
- there are also dashed lines to “auxiliary networks”. These represents breakouts from the Waku network to auxiliary protocols, such as bridging to Waku v1, DNS used for discovery, etc.
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