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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:05:02 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com>
To:        Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Web Caching Engine
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107241301480.78826-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010724184210.A81356@jake.akitanet.co.uk>

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Paul Robinson wrote:

> On Jul 24, Paul Stewart <pauls@nexicom.net> 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

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