On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, David A. Ranch wrote:
>
> Hey Stephan,
>
> Off the top of my head, you could do it with:
>
> - a proxy server like Squid
> - a transparent proxy server
> - enable traffic shaping in a 2.1.x kernel
>
> - A proxy server (cachine) could be a serious help in
> performance but requires all your clients to
> reconfigure to use the proxy. To mandate this,
> put into place a IPFWADM/IPCHAINS filters for
> port 80, 20, and 21 traffic.
Okay, this is how it was originally configured,
but the proxy server was a seperate machine that couldn't
be connected to the outside world except via the ADSL
connection (Though of course the local lan could reach
it). I don't know how to get it working on the machine
that has both connections.
> - though I know tranparent proxies exist, I've never
> used one.
This was what I was thinking of doing, kind of
masq'ing thing really though, and not something that
cached things to the disk since I don't have very many
machines, and the machine doing the proxy'ing would
probably be slower at retriving off of disk (Very limited
memory) than going out to the site and getting the page
again. :)
> - Lastly, I beleive the traffic shaping feature in the
> 2.1.x kernels will let you route traffic based
> on the port number. This would be the coolest
> way to go if you ask me.
This sounds the most promising to actually be able
to work, though I've never worked w/ traffic shaping before
and will have to look into it some.
> Beyond that.. I don't have any real ideas for you. I have
> to admit though.. its a very interesting question. Let us
> know what you dig up!
Sure thing, and many thanks for the suggestions, I'll
let you know if the traffic shaping thing will solve the
problem for me. :)
Stephen
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