I'm also behind a modem *sigh* The machine that has the modem attached to it is running squid, and all other machines on the network (two other gentoo machines, and one WinXP machine) use the squid on the dialup machine for their proxy. I'm also using djbdns and have dynamic dns with dhcp running, so any machine can dhcp on the network, and automagically be able to get to the internet and see the other machines on the network via local dns name resolution.
As far as squid making a difference, I can tell a _huge_ difference. Of course I'm also using adzapper in concert with squid so all banner ads and counters are blocked. This along speeds up page loading significantly. All the browsers are also using their local disk cache. If I turn off the proxy and have them "directly connect" to the internet, then there is a very noticable slowdown in page loads, so I think squid is helping quite a bit. I have my squid set up to use a crazy amount of disk space (hard drives are sooooo cheap these days), and to hold large files more persistantly than smaller files. This is all configurable in the squid.conf file, which is _heavily_ commented. As far as memory goes, since the machine I have it running on isn't doing much anything else, I let it take a large slice of the available RAM, but keep in mind that even if it has to pull the cached content off the platters of the hard drive, that's still a _considerable_ speed up from having to pull that content through the modem. Just my 2c. Sean On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 09:45, Joshua Banks wrote: > Since you guys/gals are on the Squid subject, I would like to get some squid-user > opinions if > possible without having to join the squid list and get flame-broiled. > > Currently I'm behind a dialup. Gentoo server acts as the (Shorewall) firewall and > gateway for 3 > win98 pc's. I just installed "djbdns" using its dnscaching service (2MB cache seems > more than > sufficient) and it makes quit a big difference once the frequented dns lookups are > cached. (Thanks > to all who helped BTW) :D (BTW... Mike W did you get my Cyber Sorry?) Heh.. Heh.. > > Trying to make the dialup lan as efficient as possible I was thinking of installing > Squid as well > for its caching capabilities. Knowing that Mozilla (on Gentoo) and Win98 IE on > Windows do their > own caching would I see a considerable difference if it were configured as/for a > Transparent proxy > and caching capabilities? (unsure of the exact extent of what type of caching Squid > does) > > If I were to install it, how much memory does it need at a minimum considering all > other browsers > are caching some content? Once the cache fills does it start pushing old stuff out > to make way for > the new? > > 384MB of PC-133 SDRAM, a 20-gig ATA-66 ide drive using upto 500megs of swap if > needed. > > Thanks, > Joshua Banks > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
