Posted by Angrie.Woman on 10/10/05 02:57

Don Wiss wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, "Angrie.Woman" <Angrie.Woman@ggmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Don Wiss wrote:
>>
>>>Probably the usual problem. Too many people want to be connected as
>>>secondary, give each primary more secondaries than they can handle. Right
>>>now it looks like there are 18 times as many secondaries as primaries.
>>
>>I am a secondary - does that change your answer? (I was never able to
>>get it to function as a primary - the folks 'round here finally told me
>>just to stay a secondary.)
>
>
> No. It doesn't change my answer. You have to rely on a primary for all your
> connections. If that primary leaves things can time out. If the primary has
> too many secondaries, then the load it too great and things can time out.
> More people should be primaries, and the entire network will work better.
>
>
>>Except for slow speeds, why would a secondary connection be preferable?
>
>
> It is never preferred.
>
> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

I'd be happy to act as a primary, but I can't figure our how to connect
as a primary. I don't understand firewalls and ports and stuff. If you
have the patience of a saint just say the word and I'll give it another go.

A

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