Ethernet or Token Ring

Ethernet or Token Ring

•Saguaro Federal has mainframes for all of its banks and businesses. Must the company use the Ethernet or Token Ring protocol? Explain your choice. Why is this choice appropriate?

In this scenario the best protocol to use would be a token ring because the token ring protocol is mainly used in mainframes. Token Ring uses a token method to go to each work station or main frame that are typically set in a ring or at least all connected together. The way this method works is that one mainframe sends out information (or a token) and it goes down the ‘ring’ either being rejected or accepted and once the receiving system accepts it, it sends out an acknowledgement token back into the ring and again it either gets rejected or accepted until it reaches the destination system.

This method is particularly useful for banks and businesses because it comes with a built-in recovery and management system to ensure that no system gives way to faults or problems and although it may not seem like it, this system is remarkably fast, even for it having to go or be passed by each system before reaching the destination. This protocol also has only one active monitor station that removes any circulating frames from the ring, detects any breaks in the ring and oversees the flow of traffic, with much information that is passed within banks and businesses this protocol fits the situation.

•XYZ Technology Consultants has offices on the second, third, and fourth floors of the office building it occupies. Must the company use the Ethernet or Token Ring protocol? Explain your choice. Why is this choice appropriate?

In this scenario the best protocol to use would be an Ethernet because of the many offices and floors involved. Since this seems to be a local network, you can set up an Ethernet network for computers involved. Because of its simplicity, you can connect computers via cable. Usually the frames involved in this network are shared or frames going to one...