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Date:      Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:53:09 -0600
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        "Chris P" <freebsd@rawfire.torche.com>, "Pierrick Brossin" <pbrossin@swissgeeks.com>
Cc:        "Nopbhol N.Dumrong" <bee@apl1.sci.kmitl.ac.th>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 
Message-ID:  <009b01c2a545$292e6cb0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.44.0212160035150.93522-100000@rawfire.torche.com>

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> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
>
> > Quoting "Nopbhol N.Dumrong" <bee@apl1.sci.kmitl.ac.th>:
> >
> > >I useFreeBSD4.5  and set it to run squid. My network has about
100
> > >clients. If  all of them run IE, access time will drop and very
slow
> > >to access web page. Can I solve this problem? Number of
> > >clients are very large? or depend on my link speed?
> > >
> > >FreeBSD4.5  + squid service + named
> > >PII 350 MHz
> > >HD SCSI 4.3 GB seagate
> > >256 MB of ram
> > >internal link is 100 Mb
> > >external link to ISP is 128Kb Can I solve this problem? Number
of clients are very large? or
> > > depend on my link speed?
> > >
> > >
> > You're kiding right?
> >
> > 128Kbits for 100 people ??
> > It's like having a small piece of bred for 100 people.. and
everybody is hungry :)
> >
> > Here we have a 1Mbps/1Mbps direct link to the provider and it's
slow.. We are
> > about 60 people.
> >
> > I would suggest to upgrade your external link !
> >
From: "Chris P" <freebsd@rawfire.torche.com>
To: "Pierrick Brossin" <pbrossin@swissgeeks.com>
Cc: "Nopbhol N.Dumrong" <bee@apl1.sci.kmitl.ac.th>;
<freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:36 AM
Subject: Re:


> Remember... Not all companies have $ for a net connection.  A
friend did
> exactly that, 128k line for the whole company.  Employees did not
need to
> "surf" as part of their work, so the connect speed really didnt
matter.
> As long as email made it through.  Times are tough out there right
now.
>
> C.

Hmmm, things are tough, particularly in Thailand, I would
guess.  So, do we have any advice for the gentleman?  Or
is someone willing to go over there and give his ISP some
competition ;)  ?

If 128K is slow (and, by non-Thailand standards, it is)
and nothing can be done about that <??> then will
increasing the RAM help?  Are there any SQUID
settings that could be changed to enable him to serve
more cached content and require less frequent connections
outside the LAN?

Sorry on my end, sir; SQUID is one set of docs I've
yet to peruse...I assume that the usage patterns of
the students is such that a proxy cache would help...
(they are lower-level students who access similar/
same sites rather than all grad-level students in 20
different fields of endeavor??)

What about the LAN topography?  Are you using
hubs (I'm guessing yes) and it there a lot of collision?

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.


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