RE: [squid-users] WCCP and Redhat8

From: <PNIXON@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:19:32 -0500

I think that's the main problem I'm having now.

A lot of errors from the compile.

--Pat

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@marasystems.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 1:18 PM
> To: PNIXON@ci.somerville.ma.us; joe@swelltech.com
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] WCCP and Redhat8
>
>
> The current module should compile fine on RedHat-8 or any other
> Linux-2.4 based system if you manage to get your kernel headers
> correct..
>
> Safest bet is to recompile and install a custom kernel before
> attempting to compile the ip_wccp module. Attempting to just compile
> the module to add to their binary kernel is a little tricky.. or at
> least was in 7.3 when I last attempted this.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
> On Thursday 19 December 2002 18.34, PNIXON@ci.somerville.ma.us wrote:
> > Joe,
> > Thanks for the assistance. Has anyone compiled the readily
> > available ip_wccp.c module on a RedHat8 box?
> >
> > I'll be trying later today to see if it compiles.
> >
> > --Pat
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Cooper [mailto:joe@swelltech.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 5:01 PM
> > > To: PNIXON@ci.somerville.ma.us
> > > Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> > > Subject: Re: [squid-users] WCCP and Redhat8
> > >
> > >
> > > Comments inline:
> > >
> > > PNIXON@ci.somerville.ma.us wrote:
> > > > Thanks for all the responses everyone, but there's
> > >
> > > something that's just not
> > >
> > > > catching.....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've done the squid.conf, have it listening on 8080, and a
> > >
> > > virtual port of
> > >
> > > > 80.
> > > >
> > > > I have my cisco router configured to send web-cache to the
> > >
> > > squid box, and I
> > >
> > > > can see packets being redirected.
> > > >
> > > > However, any web traffic at the time isn't making it to squid.
> > >
> > > Have you read all of the FAQ on transparent proxying and WCCP and
> > > implemented a redirection rule on the Squid machine as
> > > documented there?
> > > Redirection at the Cisco is only the first step to
> > > getting traffic
> > > to your Squid process. It looks like you've only read the Cisco
> > > configuration part of the FAQ.
> > >
> > > Do you have an appropriately patched ip_gre module, or an
> > > ip_wccp module
> > > loaded that knows what to do with WCCP GRE encapsulated packets?
> > >
> > > And, if using ip_gre, have you configured a gre interface (you
> > > don't need a tunnel setup, as some online docs suggest--it is
> > > easier not to use any explicit configuration...just turn on a
> > > dummy address on gre0 and it will work)?
> > >
> > > > doing a netstat -A inet on the squid box shows that port 80
> > >
> > > isn't open for
> > >
> > > > connections.
> > > >
> > > > Is that right? should I just change the http_port to 80?
> > >
> > > That is correct and there's no need to alter the Squid
> > > http_port unless
> > > it makes you happy to do so.
> > >
> > > > Thanks for any help,
> > > > Pat
> > > >
> > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > >>From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@squid-cache.org]
> > > >>Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:12 AM
> > > >>To: PNIXON@ci.somerville.ma.us
> > > >>Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> > > >>Subject: Re: [squid-users] WCCP and Redhat8
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>The standard instructions should work just fine. There is not
> > > >> much difference between any of the RedHat versions based on
> > > >> Linux-2.4 when it
> > > >>comes to how to implement WCCP.
> > > >>
> > > >>Regards
> > > >>Henrik
> > > >>
> > > >>tor 2002-12-12 klockan 14.57 skrev PNIXON@ci.somerville.ma.us:
> > > >>>Hey all,
> > > >>> I've been through the archives of the mailing list, the
> > > >>
> > > >>websearches and
> > > >>
> > > >>>everything pretty deeply (atleast according to me).
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I'm extremely sorry if this is a no-brainer, but has
> > > >>
> > > >>anyone setup a Redhat8
> > > >>
> > > >>>box with WCCP as a squid server?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> If not, what's the best redhat OS to use for it?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Thanks,
> > > >>>Pat
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
> > > Web caching appliances and support.
> > > http://www.swelltech.com
>
Received on Thu Dec 19 2002 - 12:19:37 MST

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