From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jul 24 11: 5: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D42037B401 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:05:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff@mercury.jorsm.com) Received: by mercury.jorsm.com (Postfix, from userid 101) id A5731E4AA9; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:05:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.jorsm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96A3BE0C36; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:05:02 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:05:02 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeff Lynch To: Paul Robinson Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine In-Reply-To: <20010724184210.A81356@jake.akitanet.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Paul Robinson wrote: > 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. You might try Coyote Point Systems Equalizer or FreeQualizer. Disclaimer, we don't have any experiences with either, so this is not necessarily a recommendation but something to take a look at. --jeff ============================================================================ Jeffrey A. Lynch | JORSM Internet, Regional Internet Services email: jeff@jorsm.com | 7 Area Codes in Chicagoland and NW Indiana Voice: (219)322-2180 | 100Mbps+ Connectivity, 56K-DS3, V.90, ISDN Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com | Quality Service, Affordable Prices http://www.jorsm.com | Serving Gov, Biz, Residential Since 1995 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message