[ale] Proper squid wiring

Gary S MacKay Gary at EdisonInfo.com
Thu Nov 29 15:33:01 EST 2001


Thanks Dow! I'll mess around with that idea. One question, why three nic's?
One to the inTERnet, one to the inTRAnet, and the other one? They do not
need a dmz or anything, just a method of stopping abusers from wasting
company bandwidth.

- Gary


Dow Hurst said:



> Your on track for the topology.  I'd suggest using a couple of switches
> instead of one hub and then putting three Ethernet cards in the Linux
> squid/firewall.  You won't limit bandwidth coming from the connection
> with switches.  You can split users into different groups governed with
> more or less limiting firewall rules base on business needs.  You
> should have a very reliable machine with good quality hardware, not a
> castoff old machine, for the squid server since squid will have disk
> I/O and CPU requirements for good performance and will be in effect a
> part of the network infrastructure.  I am no expert but there is my
> $0.02.
> Dow
>
>
> Gary MacKay wrote:
>>
>> I think I know how this goes but wanted to check with the "experts"
>> before I get too far into it. I have a client with a wireless internet
>> connection. The ISP installed a Netopia R910 router which plugs into
>> the wireless receiver and into the hub that serves the internal
>> network. The owner wants me to limit internet access on a per person
>> basis. My thought was to install a linux/squid box between the hub and
>> router to allow/block/cache traffic. The added bonus for everyone is
>> the cache in squid, but the main purpose is to monitor/limit certain
>> users who are abusing the privilage.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>> - Gary
>>
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