From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 16 14:49:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9968337B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:49:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx20b.rmci.net (mx20b.rmci.net [205.162.184.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D67343EC2 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:49:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from massey@rmci.net) Received: (qmail 22614 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2002 22:49:40 -0000 Received: from webmailc.rmci.net (HELO rmci.net) (205.162.184.94) by mx20.rmci.net with SMTP; 16 Dec 2002 22:49:40 -0000 Received: from 216.222.104.2 (proxying for unknown) (SquirrelMail authenticated user massey@rmci.net) by webmail.velocitus.net with HTTP; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:49:40 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3721.216.222.104.2.1040078980.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:49:40 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: From: To: In-Reply-To: <009b01c2a545$292e6cb0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <009b01c2a545$292e6cb0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Cc: , , , Reply-To: massey@rmci.net X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.7) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I might have missed it but are yopu using any cache with the proxy server? http://www.squid-cache.org/ http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200209/squid.html HOWTO on setting is up with cache support. HTH M;) >> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Pierrick Brossin wrote: >> >> > Quoting "Nopbhol N.Dumrong" : >> > >> > >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" > To: "Pierrick Brossin" > Cc: "Nopbhol N.Dumrong" ; > > 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. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message