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The "Star-Ring" configuration

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• The Star-Ring configuration
  • The star-shaped ring topology was proposed to overcome the cable failure problem:

    The actual shape of the hub or concentrator is a box:

    The connection forms a physical ring !!!

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  • Suppose a section of the Token Ring was disrupted:

    Locating the cable disruption is now relatively easy:

    Just find the 2 end points that does not for a closed loop:

    Fixing the token ring is also relatively easy:

    Omit the disconnected segment:

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