--- Tom Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't put squid on such a low spec machine. It has a relatively large Is it really a resource hog ? - other than RAM and a bit of I/O I suppose. > footprint. The 'net is slow enough as it is. Don't slow it down even Could you elaborate as to how using a squid will make the net slower ? > more. In any case, you won't be able to get a decent cache going, > because it doesn't support large drives. I set up squid to use at The laptop has only 4GB hard disk I dont think squid will have a problem with 4GB. > least > 15GB on the drive, but I have a large number of clients using it. > > Why not just use it as a firewall and put a transparent proxy behind > it. Pray how would I not have squid and yet configure transparent proxy ? > It does not have to have a public IP address. In my opinion, go for True but then are you suggesting I put my windows box on the public IP ? I sure dont have two linux boxes to spare. > Debian. Why? Coz I like it, that's all. Yup that is important :). Mithun __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
