Merits and demerits of Ring topology

Write down some of the merits and demerits of Ring topology?

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Merits of Ring topology includes:

a) Ring networks provide high performance for a small number of work-stations.

b) These can span longer distances as compared to the other kinds of networks.

c) Ring networks are simply extendable.

Demerits of Ring topology includes:

a) It is relatively costly and hard to install.

b) Failure of one computer on network can influence the entire network.

c) It is hard to trouble shoot a ring network. Adding or eliminating computers can disrupt the network.

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