Ring Networking

Ring Networking

1. Advantages

   • Not affected by heavy traffic
   • More workstations can be added without degrading performance
   • Data is transferred quickly as it flows in one direction only – no data collisions

2. Disadvantages

   • If any of the cable fails the whole network fails
   • If there are any problems on the network, they can be difficult to identify
   • Workstations may be able to see data that is not for them so there is a privacy/security issue