Re: [squid-users] Transparent mode with just 1 Ethernet port ?

Kevin C. Connell wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> We are running v 2.6.STABLE18 on an Ubuntu box that has (1) Ethernet port. We are successfully running Squid in non-transparent mode, and it works very well.
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> My first question:
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> Is there a compelling reason to upgrade to a newer version of Squid?
>

I don't know about compelling, but here are two reasons:

* Continued community support.
* Bug and security fixes.

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> My second question:
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> Can I run our current version of Squid in transparent mode... with a single Ethernet port?

Sure. http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Intercept

> All of the info I've seen on the web points to having (2) Ethernet ports, and the hardware I'm using is a 1U server box with just 1 Ethernet port on board. If transparent mode can be done with 1 Ethernet port, any specifics on how to do it would be much appreciated.
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> Thanks in advance for the help!
>
> -Kevin C.
>

Chris
Received on Tue Jul 28 2009 - 18:56:27 MDT