However, its physical topology is a star, in which every node on the network connects to a central hub. See Ethernet and logical vs. physical. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

Ethernet uses a star configuration, although earlier Ethernets used a bus. Token Ring naturally uses the ring architecture. A mesh topology is usually found in a wide area network (WAN ...

the whole network fails if the switch fails as no node can communicate a wired star topology requires plenty of cable - in a large network this can be expensive Star topologies tend to be found in ...

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 ...