It is wide use in universities, government, labs, and engineering. It is supported by all of the vendors and connects to every type of computer. Token Ring LANs were developed by IBM for business applications. The Token Ring adapters are more expensive, but they will automatically detect and recover from most types of failures. The Token Ring has traditionally been considered more reliable and is widely used in corporate offices.
Ethernet is the simplest and least expensive option.
The hubs, bridges, and routers are fairly inexpensive. All the freeware and shareware works with Ethernet adapters. Workstations and Macs connect to an Ethernet. Both Token Ring and Ethernet LANs normally connect to the desktop system using two pair of telephone wire. The hub was designed as a simple device without power or computer chips.