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Cool! Let us know what you find out!<br>
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Chad Neeper
Senior Systems Engineer
Level 9 Networks
740-548-8070 (voice)
866-214-6607 (fax)
-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --</pre>
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Eric Maynard wrote:
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cite="mid:b6d8e4ca0907171227g143f6eddhadec4e2c625509b2@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Chad,<br>
<br>
I did a little research yesterday afternoon.<br>
<br>
There doesn't appear to be a package (aka plugin) for pfsense, however,
it can use squid and there appears to be some kind of video caching for
it. <br>
<br>
Going to dig into that next week.<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
<br clear="all">
Eric Maynard<br>
Head of Information Technology,<br>
Holmes County District Public Library<br>
Millersburg, OH 44654<br>
Email [<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:emaynard@holmeslib.org">emaynard@holmeslib.org</a>]<br>
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]<br>
Fax [330.674.1938] <br>
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"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Chad Neeper
<span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cneeper@level9networks.com">cneeper@level9networks.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">(I'm following-up this thread
on the OPLINTECH list rather than the
OPLINLIST...)<br>
<br>
When I configure IPCOP, I'm simply enabling the transparent HTTP proxy
and configuring the built-in software (squid), which caches static HTTP
requests and whatever else it can. The Update Accelerator plug-in
simply enhances the cache by configuring squid to watch for files of
the specific types listed by Bob (Microsoft, Linux updates, Symantec,
Trend, etc.). It works very, very well if you have a large hard drive
and a decent amount of memory to give to the IPCOP box. (Think 2-4GB
RAM and 80GB HD for moderate Internet traffic...any new-ish computer
would probably do.) Completely transparent to the end user and easy
enough to configure. Since it's a local cache, the first Microsoft
Update (for example) is downloaded at normal Internet speeds.
Subsequent downloads of the same patch get served to the other
workstations as fast as your IPCOP hardware and local LAN speeds
permit. No additional Internet traffic generated beyond the first
download.<br>
<br>
What's really going to kill us, though, is streaming audio/video. Even
with traffic shaping, that's going to be tougher and tougher to deal
with as time marches on. That type of content doesn't always cache well
without specific intent to do so.<br>
<br>
Regarding pfSense: I don't know anything about pfSense other than the
name and the distro, but if you have the time and inclination you could
see if pfSense makes use of squid. There's probably a good chance it
does. If so, you could possibly modify it to do the same thing the
Update Accelerator does for IPCOP. Possibly someone has already done
the work...<br>
<br>
Chad<br>
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Chad Neeper
Senior Systems Engineer
Level 9 Networks
740-548-8070 (voice)
866-214-6607 (fax)
-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --</pre>
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Eric Maynard wrote:
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<div class="h5">Bob/Chad<br>
<br>
That actually make a lot of sense. Almost enough to make me consider
moving from pfSense (m0n0wall) to IPcop.<br>
<br>
Too bad there isn't something similar for pfSense.<br>
<br>
<br clear="all">
Eric Maynard<br>
Head of Information Technology,<br>
Holmes County District Public Library<br>
Millersburg, OH 44654<br>
Email [<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:emaynard@holmeslib.org"
target="_blank">emaynard@holmeslib.org</a>]<br>
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]<br>
Fax [330.674.1938] <br>
<br>
"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Bob
Neeper <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:neeperro@oplin.org" target="_blank">neeperro@oplin.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The
latest OPLIN Circuit mentions bandwidth use.<br>
<br>
Another way to reduce use was implemented for us by Chad at Level 9<br>
Networks<br>
He installed Update Accelerator to our IPcop firewall.earlier this year.<br>
<br>
"Update Accelerator caches files from update sites automatically at the<br>
first request.<br>
All subsequent downloads of these files from other clients will be<br>
processed with LAN speed"<br>
"....works rather in a similar way to a File Server"<br>
<br>
It caches updates and service packs for:<br>
Adobe<br>
Apple<br>
Avast<br>
Linux (.deb and .rpm)<br>
Microsoft<br>
Symantec<br>
Trend Micro<br>
Custom can be added<br>
<br>
It only caches 9G, due to our server, but has helped.<br>
<br>
As of today 141 GB has been handled locally for the 9 GB downloaded from<br>
OPLIN<br>
( 94% delivered inside the building instead of through OPLIN )<br>
<br>
I see a significant speed increase when a PC does MS updates.<br>
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R. W. (Bob) Neeper Cell: (740)-407-3572<br>
Community Library<br>
44 Burrer Dr.<br>
Sunbury, Oh 43074<br>
Tel: (740)-965-3901<br>
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