Thanks adrian, >That takes time - the WCCPv2 router will take a while to time out the >now-unreachable server. It would be possible to hack in some code to try >sending a last "gasping breath" packet to the WCCPv2 router to say the >cache is about to disappear, but it won't save existing connections.
So will user in the network , "feel" the turnover of packets like they would just have some momentary lapse of connection (browsing or downloading via http) On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Adrian Chadd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009, Dracul wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > I'm planning to setup WCCP + Squid. > > Hi! > > > If the squid server should be offline or the squid process dies, will the > > users? port 80 requests automatically redirect to the ?live? internet > > connection?? > > Yes! > > > Because in old "forced" redirection configurations, if the squid process > > dies or should the squid server be unreachable for some reason, user will > > see a browser error. > > Indeed. > > > >From what I understand with WCCP documentation, if the squid dies or > the > > server is unreachable, the network should automatically redirect the > users > > to the gateway, without > > That takes time - the WCCPv2 router will take a while to time out the > now-unreachable server. It would be possible to hack in some code to try > sending a last "gasping breath" packet to the WCCPv2 router to say the > cache is about to disappear, but it won't save existing connections. > > > any disruption of any kind to their browsing experience. Are my > assumptions > > correct? Thanks! > > > > adrian > > > -- > - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid > Support - > - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
