I've been thinking about this all evening and I've managed to confuse myself greatly with this idea. Unfortunately my memories of token ring networking with BNC adapters are all but gone. But imagine the following scenario...
3 PCs, each with a dual port Ethernet adapter.
- Computer A
Port 1: 10.5.10.1 Port 2: 10.5.10.2
- Computer B
Port 1: 10.5.10.3 Port 2: 10.5.10.4
- Computer C
Port 1: 10.5.10.5 Port 2: 10.5.10.6
The ring is connected as such:
- Computer A Port 2 -> Computer B Port 1
- Computer B Port 2 -> Computer C Port 1
- Computer C Port 2 -> Computer A Port 1
Is it possible to configure things so that if any node is down then the other two can continue talking? It seems like a dumb question at first, but each node has two IP addresses and one will disappear when the node its port is connected to goes down.
Thoughts?![]()


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