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hi there,
Thank for answer , it was useful . as up arise the squid , can it be work
with ipmasq, from your explanation i assume it can be done. Squid was a
cache proxy and as proxy it aslo can done and give a result quictly same as
ipmasq. is true?
ok thank
the reply messages
>Nope that's not quite how it works.
>
>On normal non saturated LAN like yours, the 3 machines do not normally put
>enough of a load on your MASQ box to make it appear that your connection
>rate is divided by three.
>
>Rather each machine appears ALMOST to have the full bandwidth except when
>streaming or downloading large files.
>
>Assuming you have something faster than a 56K modem, (and even then) you'll
>get pretty good performance from your MASQ'd machines.
>
>In some cases you actually get slightly better throughput than you would
>with an individual connection as the masq box can keep slower links more
>saturated...
>
>If you run a caching proxy, such as Squid, you can actually make it appear
>as if you have three times the bandwidth or MORE....
>
>Repeat after me... "Masq is good."
>
>-JMS
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