Re: [squid-users] Questions on SQUID peering/mesh

On 01/02/11 17:06, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> Hello again!
>
> I have 2 questions regarding SQUID peering:
>
> Q1: Should I use ICP or HTCP?

If you have a choice HTCP.
The packets are slightly bigger than ICP (they contain HTTP headers not
just URLs) but the false-positives are much lower and thus routing
choices are better.

>
> Q2: I plan on deploying 2 SQUID boxes in my LAN, say "A" and "B". They
> will peer with each other (sibling). I also have another SQUID at our
> ISP, say "C". I want only "A" to have "C" as the parent, "B" will have
> no parent.
>
> Is this possible? What should I configure on A, B, and C? And if A's
> connection to C gets interrupted, can A go direct?

yes. exactly what you just described. yes.

Amos

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