From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jul 24 12:30: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from dell.nexicom.net (dell.nexicom.net [216.168.96.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69B9037B406 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:30:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pauls@nexicom.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dell.nexicom.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f6OJPEN15434; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:25:14 -0400 Received: from mail.nexicom.net (mail.nexicom.net [216.168.96.10]) by dell.nexicom.net (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6OJPCQ15332; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:25:13 -0400 Received: from pauls (nexredback-216-168-107-112.nexicom.net [216.168.107.112] (may be forged)) by mail.nexicom.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f6OJTuD18637; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:29:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Stewart To: "Jeff Lynch" , "Paul Robinson" Cc: Subject: RE: Web Caching Engine Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:27:29 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Nexicom: scanned by Inflex 1.0.6 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) 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 One other thing is that Squid in particular has a web accelator mode that I haven't personally played with. If you install two NIC's and route between them, Squid is supposed to be able to transparently cache on whatever ports you tell it... I may have misunderstood this option, but it's worth looking into as well..:) Paul -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jeff Lynch Sent: July 24, 2001 2:05 PM To: Paul Robinson Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message