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by nynyny7 1213 days ago
Not really. There is no ring, neither physically, nor logically. It's based on CSMA/CD, like the "good old" coaxial cable Ethernet. (Optionally it can use additional methods to avoid collisions, though.)
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No need to go as far as coax. Half duplex twisted pair ethernet has collision detection and only uses one wire pair at a time.