Re: [squid-users] 2.6.17 Kernel; ip_gre and wccp

From: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:10:04 +0200

fre 2006-09-08 klockan 10:03 -0400 skrev Errol Neal:

> In the above link, It's mentioned that ip_wccp module does not support
> transmitting so you need a gre tunnel to the router to get data back to
> the client. Is this still the case?

Has always been the case but is never needed in any reasonable network
setup. Instead return traffic towards the clients is routed as usual.

You only need GRE for the return path if the cache is remote in another
network not having normal routing to your clients.

> In some sense, the better question
> is which method is the optimal if one wants to use wccp in conjuction
> with squid.

ip_gre. See the FAQ for instructions.

only look at ip_wccp if on an old kernel where ip_gre does not work.

Regards
Henrik

Received on Fri Sep 08 2006 - 15:10:13 MDT

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