I might have missed it but are yopu using any cache with the proxy server? http://www.squid-cache.org/ http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200209/squid.html HOWTO on setting is up with cache support.
HTH M;) >> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Pierrick Brossin wrote: >> >> > Quoting "Nopbhol N.Dumrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >> > >I useFreeBSD4.5 and set it to run squid. My network has about > 100 >> > >clients. If all of them run IE, access time will drop and very > slow >> > >to access web page. Can I solve this problem? Number of >> > >clients are very large? or depend on my link speed? >> > > >> > >FreeBSD4.5 + squid service + named >> > >PII 350 MHz >> > >HD SCSI 4.3 GB seagate >> > >256 MB of ram >> > >internal link is 100 Mb >> > >external link to ISP is 128Kb Can I solve this problem? Number > of clients are very large? or >> > > depend on my link speed? >> > > >> > > >> > You're kiding right? >> > >> > 128Kbits for 100 people ?? >> > It's like having a small piece of bred for 100 people.. and > everybody is hungry :) >> > >> > Here we have a 1Mbps/1Mbps direct link to the provider and it's > slow.. We are >> > about 60 people. >> > >> > I would suggest to upgrade your external link ! >> > > From: "Chris P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pierrick Brossin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Nopbhol N.Dumrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:36 AM > Subject: Re: > > >> Remember... Not all companies have $ for a net connection. A > friend did >> exactly that, 128k line for the whole company. Employees did not > need to >> "surf" as part of their work, so the connect speed really didnt > matter. >> As long as email made it through. Times are tough out there right > now. >> >> C. > > Hmmm, things are tough, particularly in Thailand, I would > guess. So, do we have any advice for the gentleman? Or > is someone willing to go over there and give his ISP some > competition ;) ? > > If 128K is slow (and, by non-Thailand standards, it is) > and nothing can be done about that <??> then will > increasing the RAM help? Are there any SQUID > settings that could be changed to enable him to serve > more cached content and require less frequent connections > outside the LAN? > > Sorry on my end, sir; SQUID is one set of docs I've > yet to peruse...I assume that the usage patterns of > the students is such that a proxy cache would help... > (they are lower-level students who access similar/ > same sites rather than all grad-level students in 20 > different fields of endeavor??) > > What about the LAN topography? Are you using > hubs (I'm guessing yes) and it there a lot of collision? > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
