F> coaxial called?  Are gold plated connecters best or what?  What about the
Gold plated connectors are always best to use, if you want to part with the 
few additional dollars required to buy them. However, the benefits of gold
are vastly overrated and the difference is very miniscule. Only reason you
would need them is if you absolutely insisted in having the very best set-up 
you can and you wanted to minimize losses, especially on longer runs. 
The only real governing factors with connectors which determine loss, is
the connector type itself (which for LAn set-ups is usually fixed, but some
of the old hands and pros sometimes choose to install all new different types
of connectors in their set-up, these connectors having lower losses than
traditional types. the type of connector also has a bearing on how much
reflection you would get from the discontinuity of the connector. Whether the 
plug was gold, nickel plated, etc.. makes little difference in terms of
reflected signals.
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