Catalog server update

[kippesp]

It looks like I'll be having connection problems for the near 
future.  It seems my ISP switched their backend provider on Tuesday 
and ever since then I've been having this sluggish performance.  The 
tech who visited today wasn't surprised since my complaint has been 
commonly reported.

But besides that, tonight I plan on reinstalling the server 
operating system.  It is running an OS from 2002 and I wanted to 
spend next week and weekend looking at the newer version.  My 
attempts to configure a backup server was eating too much time.  
This should be finished soon--Monday evening (US) at the latest.