Rich,

>Just to add more confusion.
>
>A recent problem we had at a remote site was linked to a terminator. Not
just
>any old terminator,
>but one with a plastic tip. My question is this..... Is there a difference
>between the plastic tip
>terminators and the all metal terminators?? Both were rated at 50ohms.

I'm looking at one - I tossed it across the room when it brought down my 10
feet of coax between the 3000 and the hub.  I replaced it with a trusty,
all-metal one, and all's been fine since.  Need I say more?  :-)

[Actually, tossing it across the room, followed by an epithet that cannot be
repeated here, actually made it work again, but it was not to be trusted]

Joe