[OPLINTECH] Bandwidth use

[Eric Maynard]

Chad,

I did a little research yesterday afternoon.

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.

Going to dig into that next week.

thanks,

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]
Fax   [330.674.1938]

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"




On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Chad Neeper <cneeper at level9networks.com>wrote:

>  (I'm following-up this thread on the OPLINTECH list rather than the
> OPLINLIST...)
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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...
>
> Chad
>
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>
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>
> Eric Maynard wrote:
>
> 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]
> Fax   [330.674.1938]
>
> "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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