@ORIGIN :Sparks!BBS 808-682-8404                                     N
-> LM> A lot of ethernet "devices" have "internal termination."  It LM>
-> is either switch or jumper *optional.*  If it is the last LM> device,
-> then you enable it.  If not, you disable it.
-> MB> I've never yet seen one, though.
-> Me neither, and I've been around quite awhile.
        I haven't seen any on cards I have recently bought but I
have two that I bought two years ago.  Possibly putting a 50ohm
terminator on each card was a feature rarely used and thus didn't catch
on.
        I also just bought two BNC/FOIRL repeaters that terminate the
coax via a switch.  I didn't use the switch on either repeater since,
one was not at the end and the other was the end I decided to put the
grounded terminator.  The documentation didn't claim to ground the
cable so I assumed that it did not.
        I don't think my last mail made it out.  I think the gentleman
was referring to a multi-port repeater.  In this case, I am sure there
is some sort of termination but no need talking about it if it's
internal accept to say, when you go to the store, don't by a terminator
and T-connector for the repeater.  It's just a guess.  I'm still placing
my bets on the Arcnet theory. :)
Tony
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