Usenet Explorer

ty Josef and Alex

Will pursue with mt provider.

Cheers

No - Thanks - No change to firewall for long time

Answers to Queries 1. SSL under UE: If I select this , my transfer rate falls to zero and stays there 2. Servers - I have selected 12 in line with the max for my Power Usenet Account. 3. Connect Speed - 1525 kb/s down and 542 upload 4. No router - Just one PC with wireless telephone internet connect...

Disabling WIn XP Firewall had no effect so I guess the exception set for Usenet is working OK.

SSL 3.0 is selected in my (Firefox) browser but not selected in Usenet Options. My speed ranges from about 25 up to about 400 kBps and cycles tthru an number of values in that range ever few seconds. I have Usenet set as an exception under WIn XP firewall security. I am using the default port 119 in...

when I am downloading a series of files I see a wide fluctuation in speed from 0-30 range up to 300-400 range and the speed changes significantly on every reading.

Is this normal? I seem to recall that it used to be a lot more steady ...

Thnx to Josef K for reply ... When I tried the SSL on and port 443 \ 563 the Usenet app ground quickly to a halt and no transfer at all. I believe the issue is mainly with my ISP I have "up to 3mps" with them, which I believe equates to "up to 375 kB/s". I am getting perhaps 210 ...

Greetings

I am using Power Usenet.

Power Usenet recos SSL "on" and port set to 443 or 563 but indicates that may vary by news client.

Can someone advise ideal settings for my config? My goal is to max d/l rates, of course

Thnx for any help