Re: [squid-users] Facebook page very slow to respond

From: Andrew Beverley <andy_at_andybev.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:31:17 +0100

On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 12:48 -0400, Wilson Hernandez wrote:
> Hello.
>
> After attempting several suggestions from guys here in the list, I'm
> still experiencing the same problem: Facebook is so sluggish that my
> users are complaining everyday and is just depressing.
>
> Today I came up with an idea: Use a "dedicated" line for facebook
> traffic. For ei.
>
> LAN
> |
> |
> SERVER ------- Internet line for facebook only
> |
> |
> Internet
>
> Can this be possible?

Yes, it's possible, using policy based routing with iproute2. However,
you'll need all the IP addresses for facebook, which I imagine will
prove difficult.

> Can this solution fix my problems or give me more problems?
>

I'm not convinced this is the answer to your problem though. Are you
having problems with any other websites? Have you tried by-passing Squid
to see if it is indeed a bandwidth related issue or a problem with Squid
itself?

Andy
Received on Wed Oct 19 2011 - 20:31:26 MDT

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