hmmmm if you have just single cache for your network then no need to run WCCP ... I will suggest better to redirect port 80 traffic to your cache simple is that. and of course iptables or ipchains will redirect your traffic.
-- Best Regs, Masood Ahmad Shah System Administrator ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | Fibre Net (Pvt) Ltd. Lahore, Pakistan | Tel: +92-42-6677024 | Mobile: +92-300-4277367 | http://www.fibre.net.pk | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Mena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "fooler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid, WCCP, transparent proxy | Hi Fooler, | | Thanks for the reply. | | How stable is this wccp daemon ? | | If squid would be used in the same machine would I be | able to do this proxy without the wccp ? | | - rt | | --- fooler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Robert Mena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > To: "Henrik Nordstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 7:22 AM | > Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid, WCCP, transparent | > proxy | > | > | > > The actual Squid is a separate machine. | > > | > > What would be the normal interceptation ? | > | > since your router is separated from your squid | > machine and you wanted to | > have a wccp on your linux router box, all you need | > is a wccp daemon... you | > can get this at http://wccpd.sourceforge.net/ | > | > > iptables | > > with a redirect option ? | > | > yup since iptables is the latest firewall program | > for linux... | > | > | > > what would you suggest to have some sort of | > failover | > > mechanism. Suppose squid goes down it would | > forward | > > the requests... | > | > if you have a working wccp, then thats the point of | > wccp :-> | > | > fooler. | > | > | > | | | __________________________________ | Do you Yahoo!? | Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software | http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com |
