Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, the Token Ring access method connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. All stations connect to a central wiring hub called the ...

Token Ring naturally uses the ring architecture. A mesh topology is usually found in a wide area network (WAN) to provide redundant paths between locations. See Ethernet and Token Ring.

IBM first proposed Token Ring in 1969. At the time, Ethernet was limited to 10 Mbps. Token Ring was capable of supporting 16 Mbps, which helped its popularity. Today, this is no longer an attraction ...

So in a non-switched environment, Token Ring had some technical advantages over Ethernet. Token Ring did help to institute Star topology. Being a bus, Ethernet was conventionally deployed at the ...