Ring Topology

In this ring topology every computer or device has two adjacent neighbours for communication.In a ring network all the communication.In a ring network,all the communication message travel in the same direction whether clock wise or anti-clockwise

If a devices wants to send a data to another,it sends the data to the adjacent device along the ring direction.When a node receives the data it checks the address,if it matches,it will process the data.If it not matches, the data will be forward to next device

 

Advantage:

• A central server is not required


• Easy to add or remove a device


• fault finding is simple

Disadvantage:

• Failure of a single node causes entire network to fail


• Movement of data will affect performance of th entire network


• Changes to the network will affect the system