Did you know WeOS now supports an L2 resilient horseshoe topology?

Resilient or redundant networks do not always conform to a ring or multiple ring topologies. In many cases, it is not always convenient or possible to create a ring due to the geography or the costs involved in laying fibre or copper cable to complete a ring. A typical example would be a wind farm or a metropolitan traffic control system. This type of system demands that communication to each part of the system is maintained 24/7/365 and able to recover from at least a single point of failure.

The support for Horseshoe topologies, introduced in WeOS 4.20.0, means that from a switch on a master ring a loop can be made through a series of switches (subnetwork) and return to a switch elsewhere on the master ring without creating a broadcast storm. There are no limits to the number of Horseshoe subnetworks, enabling endless topology possibilities.

For more information, please refer to the WeOS management guide or the Horseshoe networks application note.