)802.5 Token-Ring Network Created about the same Time as ethernet Standardized as 802.5 16 Mbps maximum speed Token Passing Media Access Control Special token frame circulates around the ring when no station is transmitting When a station gets the token, it may transmit a frame When a station finishes sending the frame it releas es the token oken Passing is Complex and Expensive 802.5 quickly lost out to Ethernet3 802.5 Token-Ring Network • Created about the Same Time as Ethernet – Standardized as 802.5 – 16 Mbps maximum speed • Token Passing Media Access Control – Special token frame circulates around the ring when no station is transmitting – When a station gets the token, it may transmit a frame – When a station finishes sending the frame, it releases the token • Token Passing is Complex and Expensive – 802.5 quickly lost out to Ethernet