> We need to buy an ethernet hub to keep on hand as a backup for use
> on an P3000.  We want an unmanaged one.  Is there any reason not
> to get the cheapest one we can find?

Not that I know of.  We use a couple of little Linksys 8 port hubs
here that cost something like $129.00 at Fry's.  They also have a
BNC connector to hook them to a thinlan network.  We've used two
of them as a bridge between two thinlan segments.  They are quite
good at automatically partitioning off any port (10-base-T or
thinlan) that malfunctions, with a red light indicating the bad
port.  You can do a lot of cool things with a couple of cheap hubs.

G.