Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Ring
Network
- Peer to peer as there is no server
- All computers are arranged in a circle
- Data sent by one computer
passes around the ring until it
reaches the correct computer
- Advantages
- Network is not dependent on
one computer
- Each computer has equal status so no
one computer can 'hog' the network
- Disadvantages
- A break in communication (wire or
wireless) means the whole network
goes down
- Faults are difficult to locate
- Impossible to keep network running
when new equipment is added or
removed