Network topologies / media redundancy
2.2 Options of media redundancy
SCALANCE X-200
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2.2 Options of media redundancy

There are various options available to increase the network availability of an Industrial
Ethernet network with optical or electrical linear bus topologies:
Mesh networks
Parallel connection of transmission paths
Closing a linear bus topology to form a ring topology