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set of rul es establ i shed f or users to exchange i nf ormati on protocol
network archi tecture used to i nterconnect the networki ng equi pment topol ogy
most common archi tectures f or LANs ri ng, bus, and star
a "token" (shown as a T ) i s pl aced i n the data channel and ci rcul ates around the
T oken Ri ng T opol ogy ri ng. I f a user wants to transmi t, the computer wai ts unti l i t has control of the
token.
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What i s the I E E E 802.5? T oken-Ri ng Network standard
each stati on connected to the network i s ensured access f or transmi ssi on of i ts
D etermi ni sti c network
messages at regul ar or f i xed ti me i nterval s
What type of network i s the token ri ng? determi ni sti c
1. i f an error changes the token pattern, i t can cause the token to stop ci rcul ati ng
T wo di sadvantages to token ri ng topol ogy 2. ri ng networks rel y on each system to rel ay the data to the next user. A f ai l ed
stati on can cause data traf f i c to cease
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F i x to di sadvantages of token ri ng topol ogy attach al l the computers to a central T oken Ri ng hub
a devi ce manages the passi ng of the token rather than rel yi ng on i ndi vi dual
token ri ng hub
computers to pass i t,
coaxi al cabl e (cal l ed T hi nNet) i s l ooped through each networki ng devi ce to
What type of cabl e does bus topol ogy use?
f aci l i tate data transf er
System where computers share the medi a (coaxi al cabl e) f or data transmi ssi on bus topol ogy
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Who can see transmi ssi ons i n bus network? Al l the computers
the use of a shared coaxi al cabl e i n a bus topol ogy prevents data transmi ssi on
One reason bus i sn't used anymore
f rom bei ng very bandwi dth-ef f i ci ent
What i s the most common of today's LANs? star
What i s at the center of a star network? Swi tch or hub
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