[afnog] FreeBsd5.2 + Squid + Wccp-v2

[Mark Tinka]

On Thursday 17 June 2004 17:04, Volven_res wrote:
> Sorry Mark,
>
> I am actually using Squid-2.5.Stable5, it was mistake in my earlier post. I
> actually started the way you have put it.

No problem.

>
> If i run the squid as a transparent proxy without the Wccp it works fine.
> The reason i wanted to use wccp is that my traffic is not halted if my
> Cache is down !

Naturally.

>
> Maybe i shall look at Linux..

I haven't tried running WCCP on FreeBSD, unfortunately, only Linux, but don't 
give up too early :). It seems like your transparency is working then, all 
you need to do is hack the WCCP. I'd suggest running with WCCP v1, for now. 
It's known and tried.

Perhaps someone has more experience with WCCP on FreeBSD...

Mark.

>
> Thanks
>
> Volven
>
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Mark Tinka mtinka at africaonline.co.sz
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:39:23 +0300
> To: afnog at afnog.org
> Subject: Re: [afnog] FreeBsd5.2 + Squid + Wccp-v2
>
> >  On Thursday 17 June 2004 15:22, Volven_res wrote:
> >  > I am using FreeBsd Ver 5.2, Squid-2.2.STABLE5...
> >
> >  From what I know, Cisco's WCCP v1 is supported from Squid-2.3 upward.
> >
> >  > with the patch for wccp-v2
> >
> >  Haven't tried to patch WCCP into Squid before, but just to ask, any
> > particu>  lar reason you want to run Squid-2.2 still? I know it's been
> > tested to be quite> the fastest Squid (contentious), but a lot of bugs
> > have been fixed and new> features added since then.
> >
> >  > ANy directions, would be welcome..
> >
> >  At the time, Squid didn't support WCCP v2, but since this version is now
> >  open-standards, perhaps it does, haven't really followed that much. You
> > mig>  ht want to confirm your patch supports WCCP v2 with Cisco.
> >
> >  Just a tip, setting up a transparent caching Squid (for the first time)
> > can>   be daunting. I like to set it up/test it step-by-step:
> >
> >   o First test Squid as a direct proxy as configured in the browser.
> >
> >   o If that works, then test Squid transparently through the server, by
> > caus>  ing the server to act like it's a firewall gateway between 2 LAN's
> > (IPfw).
> >
> >   o If that works, put Squid on your production network, and use a
> > route-map>   on your router to make sure all HTTP traffic is intercepted
> > and routed back>   to the Squid cache server.
> >
> >   o If that works, start playing with WCCP.
> >
> >  Mark.
> >
> >  > Regards
> >  >
> >  > Volven
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