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> I have tried, as you suggest, dialling **** but no response tried 2
> other analogue phones also on both ports also with no response - a good
> start?![/color]

That is worrying. Try [url]http://192.168.0.6[/url]
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> Could you explain more about the methods of reading and posting to
> Usenet newsgroups please?[/color]


Sites like [url]www.broadbandbanter.co.uk[/url] present Usenet posts as if they
were_just another_web_forum, in much the same way as Google Groups
do, but at least Google have inherited the task of archiving our scratchings
for posterity.

In fact, Usenet has nothing at all to do with the World Wide Web, it
pre-dates its invention.

In some ways its like email, but broadcast to everyone who "subscribes"
to a given Newsgroup.

You need a newsreader. If you are using Windows, you already have
one, Outlook Express. Your ISP will probably have a News Server
for you to use, and its URL or IP address is probably the only thing
you need to put into the News account in OE.
Be warned though, some ISPs Newsservers are dire, like mine (Tiscali).
That's why I use an independent one, news.datemas.de
Its free, but it does require you to authenticate and it takes them a
couple of days to email you a password.
--

Graham.
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