Re: [squid-users] Re. Squid 2.5 with WCCP2 (on Redhat 9)

Simon Vella wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We're trying to set up Squid 2.5 with WCCPv2 (on a Redhat 9 server). From
> all the docs we found, we hardly found any info on WCCP2 with Squid. The
> only info is that found with the patch for Squid for WCCP2.
>
> Could you please clarify some questions?
> a) The WCCPv2 patch (found at
> http://www.swelltech.com/pengies/joe/patches/squid-2.2.wccp2.patch) should
> work with Squid 2.5, right? Is there another patch for Squid 2.5 to support
> WCCPv2?
> b) The WCCPv2 patch for Squid makes squid talk WCCPv2 with the routers. So
> why do we need the ip_wccp.o module for the kernel?
> c) The Cisco router (when it has a cache in its WCCP table) sets up a GRE
> tunnel with the Squid box. As such, we need the kernel to support GRE
> tunneling, and we need to setup the GRE tunnel from the Linux side too,
> right? Also, the linux box must be set up to forward packets.
> d) The Linux box must be set up to use ip_tables to redirect the HTTP
> requests received through the GRE tunnel, to the squid port (8080 in our
> case). The destination IP is not changed, so does the Squid still accept the
> HTTP packet because it is set in HTTP_accelerator mode?
>
> Hope someone finds time to answer my long email :)

  I am not using WCCP myself but you may find this link informative :

         http://www.sublime.com.au/squid-wccp/

  M.

>
> 10x
>
> Simon Vella

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