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I am planning to connect (at least) two Raspberry Pi + PiCAN2 shields via CAN.

I think I understand the concept of a daisy-chained multidrop CAN line, but what about using the 120 Ohm resistors for termination that are provided on board by the PiCAN2 shield?

As far as I understand when I simply connect CAN High and CAN Low respectively between both PiCAN2 shields A and B as shown below, I should use the 120 Ohm resistors on both sides for termination. Am I right?

What happens, when I add a third identical node (RPi + PiCAN2 shield) C to the CAN bus? Do I need to terminate also on this node?
  As I can without problems also use the terminator on C, is there any drawback to using the 120 Ohm resistor on all nodes, not worrying about the geometry of the network?

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}

I am planning to connect (at least) two Raspberry Pi + PiCAN2 shields via CAN.

I think I understand the concept of a daisy-chained multidrop CAN line, but what about using the 120 ohm resistors for termination that are provided on board by the PiCAN2 shield?

As far as I understand when I simply connect CAN High and CAN Low respectively between both PiCAN2 shields A and B as shown below, I should use the 120 ohm resistors on both sides for termination. Am I right?

What happens when I add a third identical node (Raspberry Pi + PiCAN2 shield) C to the CAN bus? Do I need to terminate also on this node? As I can without problems also use the terminator on C, is there any drawback to using the 120 ohm resistor on all nodes, not worrying about the geometry of the network?

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}

I am planning to connect (at least) two Raspberry Pi + PiCAN2 shields via CAN.

I think I understand the concept of a daisy-chained multidrop CAN line, but what about using the 120 Ohm resistors for termination that are provided on board by the PiCAN2 shield?

As far as I understand when I simply connect CAN High and CAN Low respectively between both PiCAN2 shields A and B as shown below, I should use the 120 Ohm resistors on both sides for termination. Am I right?

What happens, when I add a third identical node (RPi + PiCAN2 shield) C to the CAN bus? Do I need to terminate also on this node?

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}

I am planning to connect (at least) two Raspberry Pi + PiCAN2 shields via CAN.

I think I understand the concept of a daisy-chained multidrop CAN line, but what about using the 120 Ohm resistors for termination that are provided on board by the PiCAN2 shield?

As far as I understand when I simply connect CAN High and CAN Low respectively between both PiCAN2 shields A and B as shown below, I should use the 120 Ohm resistors on both sides for termination. Am I right?

What happens, when I add a third identical node (RPi + PiCAN2 shield) C to the CAN bus? Do I need to terminate also on this node?
As I can without problems also use the terminator on C, is there any drawback to using the 120 Ohm resistor on all nodes, not worrying about the geometry of the network?

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}