Automation network comprising network subscribers which are connected to one another via a data line network, wherein at least one network subscriber is in the form of a master subscriber (105, 110) which is designed to send telegrams via the data line network, wherein at least one network subscriber is in the form of a network distributer (120, 130, 140) which is designed to route telegrams, wherein the network distributer (120, 130, 140) comprises multiple input/output ports (P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7) and is connected to the master subscriber via the data line network using a first input/output port, wherein the master subscriber (105, 110) is designed to indicate, with a telegram element in the telegram to be sent, that the telegram is enabled for processing by the network subscribers, wherein the network distributer (120, 130, 140) is designed to process a telegram received via the first input/output port when the telegram element of the telegram indicates that the processing of the telegram has been enabled for the network subscribers, characterized in that when the network distributor (120, 130, 140) receives a telegram from the master subscriber via the first input/output port which indicates, with a telegram element, that the processing of the telegram has been enabled for the network subscribers, the network distributor (120, 130, 140) is designed to output the telegram via a fixedly assigned further input/output port (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7) of the network distributor (120, 130, 140) after it has been processed by the network distributor (120, 130, 140) when further network subscribers are connected to the fixedly assigned further input/output port (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7) of the network distributor (120, 130, 140). wherein at least one network subscriber is in the form of a master subscriber (105, 110) which is designed to send telegrams via the data line network, wherein at least one network subscriber is in the form of a network distributer (120, 130, 140) which is designed to route telegrams, wherein the network distributer (120, 130, 140) comprises multiple input/output ports (P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7) and is connected to the master subscriber via the data line network using a first input/output port, wherein the master subscriber (105, 110) is designed to indicate, with a telegram element in the telegram to be sent, that the telegram is enabled for processing by the network subscribers, wherein the network distributer (120, 130, 140) is designed to process a telegram received via the first input/output port when the telegram element of the telegram indicates that the processing of the telegram has been enabled for the network subscribers, characterized in that when the network distributor (120, 130, 140) receives a telegram from the master subscriber via the first input/output port which indicates, with a telegram element, that the processing of the telegram has been enabled for the network subscribers, the network distributor (120, 130, 140) is designed to output the telegram via a fixedly assigned further input/output port (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7) of the network distributor (120, 130, 140) after it has been processed by the network distributor (120, 130, 140) when further network subscribers are connected to the fixedly assigned further input/output port (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7) of the network distributor (120, 130, 140).