Hi, I spoke to my ISP and found that option b) is the only one thats going to work in my case. I need help on how to use proxy-arp on the proxy server to divide your internal network in two parts without renumbering.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nelson Serrao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [squid-users] cache performance > I would recommend you to have the clients reconfigured to use the proxy, > but there is several ways you can place it as a transparent proxy > inbetween the clients and the gateway if you prefer. > > Any of the following would work: > > a) Create a new network between the proxy and your gateway, and assign the > internal address which was on the gateway to the proxy. > > b) Use proxy-arp on the proxy server to divide your internal network in > two parts without renumbering. > > c) Run the proxy server as a bridge with interception capabilities. > > > Most likely 'b' is easiest to set up. > > Regards > Henrik > > > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Nelson Serrao wrote: > > > hi, > > my access.log shows a hit rate of 40%. but all this does not matter much > > because the linux authentication box i use restricts bandwith of my customer > > for obvious reasons. the cache server is on a live ip with a single nic. it > > is place in between the router and linux authentication box. i was just > > imagining the performance it would return if cache server was configured for > > use on the lan. this would cause cached pages retreival at lan speeds and > > the results would be wonderful. i am looking out for a way to do it. one of > > the ways i thought to do this was to place it on the lan but all my > > customers have the linux authentication box ip as its gateway. the next > > thing was to use proxy on all client pcs which is a tedious job. any > > transparent way to do this. thanks in advance > > > >
