From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jul 24 10:41:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from jake.akitanet.co.uk (jake.akitanet.co.uk [212.1.130.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D90DA37B405 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:41:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wiggy@wopr.akitanet.co.uk) Received: from dsl-212-135-208-201.dsl.easynet.co.uk ([212.135.208.201] helo=wopr.akitanet.co.uk) by jake.akitanet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #3) id 15P6AH-0001sB-00; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:40:13 +0100 Received: from wiggy by wopr.akitanet.co.uk with local (Exim 3.21 #2) id 15P6CA-000LRG-00; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:42:10 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:42:10 +0100 From: Paul Robinson To: Paul Stewart Cc: Jeremy Buckner , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine Message-ID: <20010724184210.A81356@jake.akitanet.co.uk> References: <000701c11456$8e3893a0$1396f13f@caz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from pauls@nexicom.net on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 01:25:43PM -0400 X-Scanner: exiscan *15P6AH-0001sB-00*$AK$su8OGjjtJHcypOShN5bEw/* Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Jul 24, Paul Stewart wrote: > Personally, I would buy a good layer 4 switch (Foundry is my personal > favourite) and then run an array of Squid boxes peering off one another... Do you know if there is any code that will allow you to do L4 switching with a FreeBSD box and a bunch of NICs? Foundry is pricey considering what it is, and in my expereince they tend to fall over quite a bit. Although last time I played with them, they were brand new and effectively we had beta units. Some time ago now. -- Paul Robinson ,--------------------------------------- Technical Director @ Akita | A computer lets you make more mistakes PO Box 604, Manchester, M60 3PR | than any other invention with the T: +44 (0) 161 228 6388 (F:6389)| possible exceptions of handguns and | Tequila - Mitch Ratcliffe `----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message