Ring topology is an active topology because each station has to recreate the packet.

There are number of LAN technologies and each technology is classified into a category according to its topology , two such topologies are star and ring topology. In star topology ,The hub accepts data from a sender and delivers it to receiver, there is no security in star topology . In Ring topology Computers are connected in a circle- the first computer is cabled with the second computer.

Ring Topology

How to run Ring topology

Ring topology is the passive topology in computer networks

Topology: physical ring of trees, logical ring