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

From: donovan jeffrey j <donovan_at_beth.k12.pa.us>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:12:27 -0400

On Jul 28, 2009, at 3:53 PM, Kevin C. Connell wrote:

> Thanks Kinkie, and Chris - much appreciated!
>
> I am definitely going to upgrade Squid.
>
> Regarding changing to transparent mode, I'm glad to learn that I can
> do it with a single Ethernet port, however, I am rethinking doing
> this, based on your input. I certainly don't want to complicate
> things for no solid reason.
>
> We recently upgraded our network to MPLS (over a mix of DSL and T1
> lines), and our network provider recommended that we switch to
> transparent mode on our proxy server. They manage all of the
> routers, and they have set our Squid box as the default route for
> all of our remote locations. I am questioning their recommendation:
> My thought now is that the Cisco's should default route everything
> out to the proper Internet portal based on location, and we leave
> the Squid box to do caching and proxying, and leave the routing to
> the Cisco's.
>
>
> -Kevin

Hi kevin,
I've running squid transparent for years, and for scalability reasons
I find myself just wishing I had everyone configure their browsers. mho

-j
Received on Wed Jul 29 2009 - 17:12:35 MDT

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