IT/242: Ethernet or Token Ring
Ethernet or Token Ring
IT/242: Introduction to WAN Technologies
Name
August 28, 2014
Ethernet or Token Ring
The question asks about the validity of two kinds of networks in a particular setting. The first scenario involves a bank, with main frames for all of its banks and businesses. A token ring only allows transmission of data to those who are in possession of the token/packet. What makes the token ring ideal is that since transmission cannot occur until your machine/workstation/computer is in physical possession of the token or packet. It creates less traffic and less likelihood of collision because more than one user is looking to access the same account. However, token ring protocols are on the decline. With that being said, I have to think that the increased security a token ring provides would be better for a banking system. Ethernet is one of the most popular and widely used LAN technologies because of its speed, reliability, cost, and lastly its ease of installation. Ethernet networks can be configured in either a star topology using UTP connected to a hub or a bus topology using a coaxial cable acting as a backbone. When a computer wants to send data over the network, it will listen to see if there is any traffic on the network, if it is clear, it will then broadcast the data through the network. I think that most of today’s companies, including XYZ technology consultants, would be better off implementing an Ethernet protocol. Because this business is in one building, and the effectiveness of the efficiency is distance limited, Ethernet protocol seems the best fit for this scenario.
IT/242: Introduction to WAN Technologies
Name
August 28, 2014
Ethernet or Token Ring
The question asks about the validity of two kinds of networks in a particular setting. The first scenario involves a bank, with main frames for all of its banks and businesses. A token ring only allows transmission of data to those who are in possession of the token/packet. What makes the token ring ideal is that since transmission cannot occur until your machine/workstation/computer is in physical possession of the token or packet. It creates less traffic and less likelihood of collision because more than one user is looking to access the same account. However, token ring protocols are on the decline. With that being said, I have to think that the increased security a token ring provides would be better for a banking system. Ethernet is one of the most popular and widely used LAN technologies because of its speed, reliability, cost, and lastly its ease of installation. Ethernet networks can be configured in either a star topology using UTP connected to a hub or a bus topology using a coaxial cable acting as a backbone. When a computer wants to send data over the network, it will listen to see if there is any traffic on the network, if it is clear, it will then broadcast the data through the network. I think that most of today’s companies, including XYZ technology consultants, would be better off implementing an Ethernet protocol. Because this business is in one building, and the effectiveness of the efficiency is distance limited, Ethernet protocol seems the best fit for this scenario.