A logical topology is how devices appear connected to the user. A physical topology is how they are actually interconnected with wires and cables. For example, in a shared Ethernet network that ...

A token ring LAN is implemented either as a logical ring using a physical ring topology (see Figure 9-1), or as a logical ring structure arranged in a physical star configuration (see Figure 9-2). It ...

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 ...