Thread:Project:Support desk/Use same database for two different domains

I am in the same situation as Thread:Project:Forum/Use_same_database_for_two_different_domains. I am using the same Database for two wikis. The reason for this is that I had to move to a free host and the free host didn't have the level of Database software required to run the Wiki. I had another commercial site on another server that did have the level of Database required. So I decided to have the wiki on the free host use the database on the paid host. I can't have it all on the paid host because the paid host allows only one domain but multiple databases :-)

The only problem I've had is that the free host is very slow when accessing the database on the paid host. Does anyone have any idea why this might be?

Free: http://informationism.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Paid: http://www.glenorchy.net.nz/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

I'd better mention that when the database is being accessed on the free host it's fast, so it's not the host itself. Also in an unrelated issue: Even when logged in I can't seem to access special pages on the paid host and get redirected back to the mainpage.