[GLLUG] question/suggestion for adding a proxy/cache.

[Thomas Driscoll]

I use multiple Squid cache servers currently. I have multiple machines (i.e. wifes computer, my computers, laptop) and my various servers. I have found that downloading patches for my FreeBSD servers is much better going through the cache as the first server downloads the patch and the others pull from the cached version. The problem is a single computer would not see much gain over just straight connection, with one notable exception.... I do use the squid cache to block a significant number of advertising sites and data mining sites, thus not allowing those sites to push advertisement to my network. I hope this helps verse causing more confusion. 




On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 09:14:16PM -0400, Charles Ulrich wrote:
> I did this for awhile a few years back. It's relatively easy to set
> up, just configure Squid to be a caching proxy and point your web
> browsers at it. It's possible to set up a transparent proxy, but I
> don't recommend this since you'll probably run into that one weird
> device that won't work right with it. The only reason I stopped using
> Squid for caching was because all of my desktop hard drives were
> faster than the server which was doing the caching.
> 
> Charles
> 
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Peter Christenson
> <simple.solutions at comcast.net> wrote:
> > ?Hi all, I am working on a?redesigning my home network, and hoping to drop
> > some of my?bandwidth by adding a cache server.
> > so what I would like to do is setup a container with squid to cache and
> > reduce bandwidth. I thought I would ask and see if anyone on the list had
> > done anything like this and if so what upsides/downsides there will be?
> > also
> > current network?configuration
> >
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(modem) -surfboard
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?|
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {router} -wrt54gs running tomato 1.27
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ ?| ?| ?\-------/wire to
> > workshop/------{switch-wifi} -befsr41
> > ??[openvz server] ? | ?| ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
> > ?| ?| ?\
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ ? |
> > ? ? ? ? / ? | ?| ? ?\
> > ?? ? ?[my main pc] ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [pc]
> > / ? ? \ ???[Media Player]
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?|
> > ? ? ? ?[pc] ?[Media player]
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??{16 port?switch}
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ||||||||||||||||
> > [Media server]-----/||||||||||||||\---[pc]
> > ?[accesspoint]------/||||||||||||\-----[Media Player]
> > ?? ? ? [wifes pc]-------/||||||||||\------[Media Player]
> > ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |||||||||
> > ?? ? ? ?(all other ports are wired but not active)
> >
> > thanks for any help and thoughts in advance!!
> > Peter.
> >
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