squid is relatively simple to setup as a transparent cache. The issues will be to get the traffic to it, either by having the squid box as a transparent firewall/proxy/etc inline to your internet connection, or some form of WCCP, or even have your linux router mark and redirect the packets.
-Steve one guy's idea for the main linux router redirecting packets: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/lartc.cookbook.squid.html On Jun 26, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Wade Shearer wrote: > I manage internet at a facility where internet speeds are insufficient. > Increasing the speeds is not an option. The primary issue is streaming video. > Most of the video is played from a single website. So, I'm looking into the > possibility of setting up some sort of proxy that mirrors the content > internally. I'd like it to be seamless so that when the files are requested, > the user is oblivious to the fact that they are getting a local, cached > version. The video changes infrequently so it could have a long expiration > date. > > What would it take to make something like this work? > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
