yes, I think so about ram. I maybe increase ram and set configuration file. I use hub + switch in some place. The traffic is light.
*************************** On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > > 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
