[OPLINLIST] Bandwidth use

[Eric Maynard]

Bob/Chad

That actually make a lot of sense.  Almost enough to make me consider moving
from pfSense (m0n0wall) to IPcop.

Too bad there isn't something similar for pfSense.


Eric Maynard
Head of Information Technology,
Holmes County District Public Library
Millersburg, OH  44654
Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
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"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"




On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Bob Neeper <neeperro at oplin.org> wrote:

> The latest OPLIN Circuit mentions bandwidth use.
>
> Another way to reduce use was implemented for us by Chad  at Level 9
> Networks
> He installed Update Accelerator to our IPcop firewall.earlier this year.
>
> "Update Accelerator caches files from update sites automatically at the
> first request.
> All subsequent downloads of these files from other clients will be
> processed with LAN speed"
> "....works rather in a similar way to a File Server"
>
> It caches updates and service packs for:
> Adobe
> Apple
> Avast
> Linux (.deb and .rpm)
> Microsoft
> Symantec
> Trend Micro
> Custom can be added
>
> It only caches 9G, due to our server, but has helped.
>
> As of today 141 GB has been handled locally for the 9 GB downloaded from
> OPLIN
> ( 94% delivered inside the building instead of through OPLIN )
>
> I see a significant speed increase when a PC does MS updates.
>
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