MISCOM8220G Layer 3 Din-rail Industrial Ethernet Switch
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2.4. Network topology
The switch can be flexibly networked. There are 6 basic topologies: star,
chain, single loop, single loop coupling, and tangent loop coupling, as shown in
Figure 2-12, Figure 2-13, Figure 2-14, Figure 2-15, Figure 2-16.
2.4.1. Star network
Figure 2-12 Schematic diagram of the star network
2.4.2. Chain network
Figure 2-13 Schematic diagram of the chain network
2.4.3. Single ring network
Figure 2-14 Schematic diagram of a single ring network
