FAST RING REDUNDANCY OF A NETWORK

摘要

The invention relates to a method for operating a network as well as a network comprising at least one switch (400) and network infrastructure devices that are connected to said at least one switch (400) which is controlled by a control unit (700). According to the invention, a redundant unit (550) that is connected between the switch (400) and the control unit (700) analyzes the data stream between the switch (400) and the control unit (700), and data is inserted into and/or is removed from the data stream in accordance with the result of the analysis.