Re: [K12OSN] Squid Proxy

[Paul Satherley <paul s xtra co nz>]

John Pilmore wrote:

> After having no luck with the Apache proxy server, I switched to 
> Squid. Wouldn't you know it, I have the same problem as I posted 
> yesterday. As the day wears on and the T1 gets saturated with 
> requests, the proxy server slows to a crawl as well. At this point I 
> wonder if the Proxy server is actually servicing requests or just 
> looks like it is. At about 2:20 in the afternoon when school lets out 
> for the day in all three districts serviced by this single T1 internet 
> connection, everything speeds back up. I am so new to linux, I haven't 
> a clue where to start looking. I administer the proxy server through 
> Webmin. Am I forgetting something in the conf file that Webmin can't 
> configure? Should I be running with 2 network cards instead of 1? Does 
> the unit have to be placed in a particular arrangement on the network? 
> Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Incidentally, I just 
> learned all 3 school districts reside behind a firewall/Nat unit.
>
> Thanks again
>
> John Pilmore
High John,
I have just finised testing a great RH 7.2 disro from 
www.clarkconnect.org 130Meg download installs in minutes gives 
everything for a Internet Gateway server..
This has some nice features including Squid with a single clickable 
option for transparent proxy ...
Transparent proxy requires squid to fire up with "accelerated port 
settings" I can tell you that my users found that the apparent speed of 
the Internet way faster..
all This all on a lowly 166 overclock pentium with 32Mram and 2 Gig hard 
drive..

2 network cards are a must in my book! (you could have clients bypassing 
your proxy ?)
with 2 cards they have to come through the Box?

cheers Paul S.