Re: [squid-users] high latency satellite link - downloads slow/cease, broken links

From: Mark Elsen <mark.elsen@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:33:31 +0100

> before i get started, do note that bypassing the proxy, everything is fine.
>
> Ive used squid without a hitch for years now, but never on a
> satellite. On sites with a lot of links or images (news sites,
> hardware reviews, p*rn, hell any modern site) it will break a LOT of
> the links to pictures/background images/etc. Basically after a week
> of trying every directive ive ever used and then some, i cant make it
> any better. putting the dns_servers 127.0.0.1 helped in a way: it
> made the sites begin to load faster, but the broken links were still
> there. I basically got nowhere faster with that one. nothing else
> ive tried seems to phase it. im not sure if there's any OS tweaks
> that should be done at this point or if im SOL.
>
> ANY help/person with experience with this would be greatly
> appreciated. we're a lowly cold (and remote!) little air force base
> that needs all we can get in our barracks!
>
>
>...

 Check access.log, for those requests leading to 'lost' images e.d.
 Check cache.log for further error messages, if any.

 M.
Received on Mon Nov 27 2006 - 20:33:34 MST

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