From: Randall Parker 

Geo wrote:
> "Randall Parker"
>

> wrote in message news:44c40258{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> Have you tried using Linux Thunderbird against your server?
>
> Not with this server but I did use one of the linux newsreaders with the
> last server and it seemed to work like normal. Exactly what are you seeing
> when you read the groups? What's slow?

I click a message and it loads instantly. Then I click another message and
it takes 30 seconds to load.

I've got a WinXP Home connected to the same firewall and Thunderbird on it
does not have this problem.

>
> Also, from a command line
>
> traceroute news.barkto.com
>
> and post the results so I can see the network between you and the server.

[randall{at}localhost ~]$ traceroute news.barkto.com traceroute to
news.barkto.com (216.144.1.254), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
  1  FVG318 (192.168.1.46)  23.131 ms   20.489 ms   16.893 ms
  2  dslrouter (192.168.1.1)  24.708 ms   21.306 ms   31.021 ms
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[randall{at}localhost ~]$


>
> Geo.
>
>

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