Re: [squid-users] squid on Windows NT & dial-up on demand

Hi ,

autodialing in not related to the squid . Squid only an http proxy and you
should setup your autodial with dialer program like windows dial-up
networking , winroute , ... or anythings that works with dial-up .

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----- Original Message -----
From: "sting" <stingrayksa@yahoo.com>
To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:19 PM
Subject: [squid-users] squid on Windows NT & dial-up on demand
> hello to all...  I've been using Microsoft Proxy Server on Windows NT for
a
> while and it is not that bad.  The only real problem I found with it is
that
> you cannot access-control the WinSocks proxy with ip's...  it's based on
> Users..!    I feel squid can correct that, but i must say that I would
like
> to be able to have squid Autodial on demand during certain working hours.
> So, I downloaded SquidNT from this link :
> http://www.serassio.it/download/squid-2.3.STABLE5-NT-bin-DELAYP.zip>http
My
> question is :  Is it possible to configure squid to dial on demand...?
and
> how....  We have an isp that we use the modem to connect to and we must
use
> their Proxy Server.  I went through so much to get squid to use their
proxy
> as cache_access parent and the dns must be a nightmare for dial-ups.  I
used
> never_direct to divert all requests to the isp's Proxy Server and I'm not
> sure if the cache on our server is ever used...  is it..?
>
> Regards,
> Khalid
> >
> > On Tuesday 13 November 2001 19.12, Ben Ryan wrote:
> > > hey all
> > >
> > > does anyone know if there are any patches, plans or views on enhancing
> the
> > > granularity of the cache management options, i.e., adding a couple of
> > > controls so we can crank up the cache hit ratio, manage page update
> > > (last-modified?) checks, object aging control...
> > > basically I've done a lot of work with Catapults (MS Proxy1.0, 2.0,
ISA)
> > > and it has fantastic controls on the cache... I can chase up the
regedit
> > > guide if anyone wants. MSP supports stuff like a global max age limit,
> > > heuristic prefetch, global age extension (boost your hit ratio,
supreme
> for
> > > dialup connections)... heaps of stuff you can hax0r to make your cache
> into
> > > a major accelerator (ok, with some small costs of old pages, dead
pages
> > > etc, but it was never a prob and you just hit reload anyway).
> > >
> > > What's the feeling on this stuff? useful enough to put on the roadmap
at
> > > some stage?? Comments welcome!
> > >
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > >
> > > ________.-~-.________
> > > Ben Ryan, MCP(ixie)
> > > Network Engineer
> > > Lansys Technologies
> > > Bendigo, Victoria
> > > Australia
> > > Phone +61-[0]417 502061
> > > email: ben@bssc.edu.au
> > > URL: http://thrasher.impulse.net.au/index.htm
> >
>
>
>
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