In need of help to solve a bandwidth issue
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Ok, just changed passwords and disabled SSH.. will report back in a little while
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Ok, so its currently back up stuck at 20mb usage.. this just makes no sense.. the LAN traffic is only 2mb usage.. Can i have been hacked or something? Is it even possible that squid or something else is using up all the bandwidth?
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Ok, so its currently back up stuck at 20mb usage.. this just makes no sense.. the LAN traffic is only 2mb usage.. Can i have been hacked or something? Is it even possible that squid or something else is using up all the bandwidth?
Did you try and disabling squid and see if that cuts the bandwidth down?
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Thats the only thing i havent already done.. as i am a little worried if this will delete my cache or something? Cache is something that i really need running as i havent got a great deal of bandwidth.. If its ok to disable it and then re-enable it then i'll give it shot
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It has been a long time since I used squid. I don't think I remember if it clears it or not.
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Just quickly.. what do you mean by 'disable' squid? I dont see a disable check bo like some other packages have.. do you mean just stop int binding to the interface? Mine currently binds to my LAN and OPT1 interface, and not my WAN interface..
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Sorry, just stopping it will disable it until reboot or until you start it again.
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Any idea how to STOP it? i have just done it a few times via the dashboard 'Services" widget, but it keeps just turning itself back on..
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Stop it and then remove the package. That will certainly keep it stopped ;)
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Um.. removing it is definately what i want to do.. i need squid running.. i am just trying to stop it so i can see if it is the problem, then i'll have to work out how to fix it..
As far as i know, squid is the only way i can cache alot of my clients usage and save bandwidth, that i desperately need to.. cause the costs of Bandwidth here in Brazil is really high.. need all the help i can get to save on bandwidth
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Um.. removing it is definately not what i want to do.. i need squid running.. i am just trying to stop it so i can see if it is the problem, then i'll have to work out how to fix it..
As far as i know, squid is the only way i can cache alot of my clients usage and save bandwidth, that i desperately need to.. cause the costs of Bandwidth here in Brazil is really high.. need all the help i can get to save on bandwidth
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There should be a disable or enable check box in the config. check or uncheck it depending, save, and then stop the service. Once BW has seen to gone down, or stay the same, then reverse the steps.
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Have looked over and over and there isnt a disable or anything like that in the Proxy Server settings..
I have stopped the service with the widget on the dashboard, and straight away the WAN usage goes back down to match the LAN.. so i now know that it is somehow Squid causing the issue.. no idea why though. But, after a few seconds the bandwidth goes back up as the service restarts itself..
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Try the Allow users on interface checkbox on the Proxy Server.
If you have squidguard, try to disable it also.
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No squidguard.
Wont the Allow users on interface stop the users from being able to access the web? And squid would still be running.. so probably still updating or doing whatever it is that is eating bandwidth
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AFAIK, the Allow users on interface (if LAN is the selected interface) will only bypass the proxy if uncheck.
If this field is checked, the users connected to the interface selected in the 'Proxy interface' field will be allowed to use the proxy, i.e., there will be no need to add the interface's subnet to the list of allowed subnets. This is just a shortcut.
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I have found the issue.. i had some code as an advanced setting that i read on this tutorial on the pfSense forums, that is supposed to assist in caching Windows Updates.. apparently all it does is eat the bandwidth all day long.. i deleted this code, restarted Squid and i have been running all day without a problem.. Would have been nice if i could still use this code without issue.. as caching Windows updates for me would save alot of bandwidth.. do you guys know if there us a way to still use the following code but only allow it to use say 2mb of bandwidth to get updates? or only allow it to run very early in the morning?
Code:
refresh_pattern ([^.]+.|)(download|(windows|)update|).(microsoft.|)com/.*.(cab|exe|msi|msp) 4320 100% 43200 reload-into-ims; range_offset_limit -1;
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I don't think it applies in your case, but that is what a WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) is for.
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Yes i know, i am experienced as a windows admin, and using WSUS.. Has anyone else got their squid successfuly working as a type of WSUS and its not eating all the bandwidth?
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Hi,
as said in the thread before. You are using squid. Did you compare the traffic which came in on WAN with the traffic that goes out on LAN ? If there is a big difference than you should optimize your squid cache so that squid stops downloading files when I client aborted a connection. I had a similar problem in the past but I could fix it. There were some hintes posted in the doc pointing to a posting of me.
To compare the traffic I just used the "Interface statistics" widget on the dashboard.
