From: "Geo." 

"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
news:3e0e2cf3.64563233{at}news.barkto.com...

> Would the 'no authentication' affect throughput or the time it takes
> to connect?   The time to connect seems to be very short - but the
> throughput is phenomenal sometimes.

It would definitely affect the time to connect. Throughput could be
affected by number of groups and number of posts so since this is a pretty
small server with no constant feeds running that could account for the
speed. Could also be because it's on 100baseT switched internet .

Geo.

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