Forum gets incredibly slow most evenings

[#1]

should be able to do that James, A major oversight on my part not having done so already.
it'll have to go through the same router though ...
can't test from work sadly, as apparently NetScreen is set to block community.plus.net
will report back as and when

[#2]

Paul, It isn't just you, I'm seeing pregnant pauses as well, and on very very odd occassions a timeout.
And it isn't just evenings, Anytime!

[#3]

Yeah I can't believe it would have been isloated to just me
Fingers crossed, it hasn't been a problem the last couple of night, but I'll keep monitoring ...