An earlier local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, the Token Ring access method connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4 ...

A token ring network is a local area network technology based on a token-passing protocol for media access control. (See Chapter 5 for more information about token passing protocol concepts.) Data ...

IBM first proposed Token Ring in 1969. At the time, Ethernet was limited to 10 Mbps. Token Ring was capable of supporting 16 Mbps, which helped its popularity. Today, this is no longer an attraction ...

Token passing uses bus and ring topologies. See token bus network and token ring network. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

The most common were Ethernet, Token Ring, ARCNet, and LocalTalk. Late comers to the fray were FDDI and ATM. All these signaling schemes lost out, over time, to Ethernet, with the exception of ATM, ...

Token is a fledgling hardware company that just introduced its first product: the Token ring, an identity ring designed to store your credentials and secure your privacy with a fingerprint sensor.