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Token Ring is a proprietary technology developed at IBM. It is a ring topology with a token that gets passed around from node to node into a certain direction. When a node has the token it may pass data to it and wait for the token to come around to give it data again. | Token Ring is a proprietary technology developed at IBM. It is a ring [[topology]] with a token that gets passed around from node to node into a certain direction. When a node has the token it may pass data to it and wait for the token to come around to give it data again. | ||
Because of the token collisions shouldn't happen as they do with a hubbed [[ethernet]]. | Because of the token collisions shouldn't happen as they do with a hubbed [[ethernet]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:06, 31 May 2008
Token Ring is a proprietary technology developed at IBM. It is a ring topology with a token that gets passed around from node to node into a certain direction. When a node has the token it may pass data to it and wait for the token to come around to give it data again.
Because of the token collisions shouldn't happen as they do with a hubbed ethernet.
