Re: [pfSense Support] Blocking a MAC id through squid

2011-02-17 Thread David Newman
On 2/17/11 9:43 PM, Shali K.R. wrote: > Dear all, > > is there any way to block a MAC id using squid in pfSense. I don't know the answer but I doubt this would be useful, since every router rewrites the source MAC. So, unless you're trying to block some host on your local subnet, the host's MAC g

[pfSense Support] Blocking a MAC id through squid

2011-02-17 Thread Shali K.R.
Dear all, is there any way to block a MAC id using squid in pfSense. -- Thanks & Regards Shali K R Server Administrator Vidya Academy of Science & Technology Thrissur,Kerala. Mob:9846303531

[pfSense Support] Re: Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread Dave Warren
In message "Shali K.R." was claimed to have wrote: >But WSUS requires a domain controller for the perfect functioning, i also >tried this without domain controller but its not working well WSUS is absolutely the way to go. WSUS has no need or use for a domain controller, except to configur

Re: [pfSense Support] Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread Mike McLaughlin
Ah, sorry. I don't have a great recommendation for you then. I've not used a WSUS server without a domain. You can tune squid to cache larger files, but I too am not extremely fond of Squid. I always have random issues with this and that running it (mainly custom web apps, java, etc). Mike McLaug

Re: [pfSense Support] Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread Shali K.R.
Dear Mike McLaughlin, But WSUS requires a domain controller for the perfect functioning, i also tried this without domain controller but its not working well On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Mike McLaughlin wrote: > The proper way to handle that many clients is to run a WSUS update server

Re: [pfSense Support] Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread Mike McLaughlin
The proper way to handle that many clients is to run a WSUS update server (or its new replacement, System Center). Mike McLaughlin - System Administrator Clientworks, Inc - 721 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959 Office 530-470-0104 - Cell 530-559-9606 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Shali K.R. wrot

Re: [pfSense Support] Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Shali K.R. wrote: > Dear db, > > i have tried this, but it showing a high bandwidth usage, is this a proper > way?? I uninstalled the squid package about three months ago, unable to get it to function properly. I will try it again when pfsense 2.0 is stable, and p

Re: [pfSense Support] Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread Shali K.R.
Dear db, i have tried this, but it showing a high bandwidth usage, is this a proper way?? On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:14 AM, David Burgess wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Shali K.R. > wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am having 500 windows client machines connected through pfSense and > s

Re: [pfSense Support] Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Shali K.R. wrote: > Dear all, > > I am having 500 windows client machines connected through pfSense and squid, > please suggest me a suitable method for handling updates. You'll find the appropriate info here: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Squid_Package_Tuning

[pfSense Support] Microsoft updates through pfSense

2011-02-17 Thread Shali K.R.
Dear all, I am having 500 windows client machines connected through pfSense and squid, please suggest me a suitable method for handling updates. -- Thanks & Regards Shali K R Server Administrator Vidya Academy of Science & Technology Thrissur,Kerala. Mob:9846303531