1.令牌环：
在令牌环中，令牌环经过物理环。令牌环由 IEEE 802.5 标准定义。在令牌环中，有一个站点和一个称为令牌的特殊帧。如果包含令牌，令牌环中的站可以传输数据帧。数据帧传输成功后，令牌被指向(发出)。令牌环是星形拓扑，处理优先级，其中某些节点可能会优先处理令牌。
2. 以太网：
IEEE 802.3 定义了以太网。它使用 CSMA/CD 机制。这意味着如果同时存在多个站点进行通话，则所有站点都将关闭。要恢复它们，请等待随机时间。与令牌环不同，它不使用任何优先级。并且比令牌环网成本更低。
让我们看看令牌环和以太网之间的区别：-
| S.NO | TOKEN RING | ETHERNET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | In the token ring, the token passing mechanism is used. | While Ethernet uses CSMA/CD(Carrier-sense multiple access/collision detection) mechanism. | |||
| 2. | Token ring is defined by IEEE 802.5 standard. | Whereas Ethernet is defined by IEEE 802.3 standard. | |||
| 3. | Token ring is deterministic. | While it is non-deterministic. | |||
| 4. | Token ring is a Star shaped topology. | While Ethernet is a Bus shaped topology. | |||
| 5. | The token ring handles priority in which some nodes may give priority to the token. | While Ethernet does not employ priority. | |||
| 6. | Token ring costs more than Ethernet. | While Ethernet cost seventy percent less than token ring. | 7. | In the token ring telephone wire is used. | While in Ethernet coaxial cable(wire) is used. |
| 8. | The token ring contains routing information. | While Ethernet does not contain routing information. |