Best setup for downstream Squid ?
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I have a large wireless lan (I run a WISP) one of my links is over 28km and feeds a small town.
I want to set up a downstream pfsense box with squid to improve percieved performance.
But I don't want another gateway I need to be able to easily access the client devices,switches etc.
Does Squid need to be set up on a nated box or will it run on a transparent bridge?
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I don't think you can run squid on a bridge, beside pfsense squid package is pretty basic. I would suggest that you setup standalone squid proxy and configure pfsense gateway to forward all http traffic to it.
mr-s
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Squid worked on bridge as non-transparent-proxy.
Transparent proxy i not tested. -
To Mrsense Yes I thought about that but the gateway is 30 km away from where I want it.Mapping the traffic from the gateway will limit me to one proxy.
Idealy I would set up several other trans-prox boxes to smooth out demand on the bachaul and improve customer performance.
The idea is to offset traffic from the backhaul. I have used squid before and it is more than up to the job for my needs.
But if it won't work, it won't work.dvserg I will try it then and see.
I will post results.
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dvserg I will try it then and see.
I will post results.
Thanks for your input.Ups… sorry.
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