Editing Ring network (section)

==Advantages==
*Very orderly network where every device has access to the token and the opportunity to transmit
*Performs better than a [[bus topology]] under heavy network load
*Does not require a central node to manage the connectivity between the computers
*Due to the point-to-point line configuration of devices with a device on either side (each device is connected to its immediate neighbor), it is quite easy to install and reconfigure since adding or removing a device requires moving just two connections.
*Point-to-point line configuration makes it easy to identify and isolate faults.
*[[Ring Protection]] reconfiguration for line faults of bidirectional rings can be very fast, as switching happens at a high level, and thus the traffic does not require individual rerouting.
* Ring topology helps mitigate collisions in a network.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WeoDAAAAMBAJ&dq=ring+topology+collision&pg=PT84 | title=HWM | date=May 2003 }}</ref>