Re: Token Ring defined [7:24643]

2001-10-30 Thread Joe
Both are wrong. Physically, it is a star all connected to a token ring MAU. Logically, it a ring with token passing. ""Dave Luancing"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have conflicting reports. I see in one of my books > that token ring is a physical ring - logica

RE: Token Ring defined [7:24643]

2001-10-30 Thread Michael Williams
(Don't quote me.. hehe) but I always believed that Token Ring was a logical ring, but a physical star. Check out (careful for wrap) http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/tokenrng.htm http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/introlan.htm The above links, o

Re: Token Ring defined [7:24643]

2001-10-30 Thread Eric Mwambaji
The term Token-Ring describes the original IBM specification and the subsequent IEEE 802.5. However 802.5 does not specify a physical topology. Original IBM's TokenRing specifies a star topology with all workstations connected to a Multistation access unit (MAU)ie Physical star logical ring.