squid - setup, default, and acceleration

[Ralph Shumaker]

Brian wrote:
> Did you do squid with the -z option first to create swap directories?

No.  There was no step by step to follow.  So the best I can do is to 
try to figure out what to do first.  I guess I missed that.


> in freebsd after installing the port, I just added these two lines to the
> recommended minimum config section.
> 
> acl mynet src 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
> http_access allow mynet

Scanning through /etc/squid/squid.conf for this, I take it that this is 
to allow anyone on your home network to access the internet through the 
squid on your PC?  I don't currently have a home network, but may later 
set one up.  I already have the NIC in this PC.  Should I go ahead and 
insert these two lines in anticipation (before doing -z)?


> did a squid -z, then it ran successfully afterwards.
> 
>     Bri

With its default config, is squid likely to speed up my 24K pipe?



> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Shumaker" <rafazap at cwnet.com>
> To: <kplug-list at kernel-panic.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:51 PM
> Subject: squid - setup, default, and acceleration
> 
>>I've been looking through the squid(8) man page as well as the
>>/etc/squid/squid.conf file.  I even invoked "$ /etc/sbin/squid -V" but
>>"ps -Helf | grep squid" only shows it surviving about 5 to 10 seconds.
>>
>>If squid is set up properly, should it speed up my 24K pipe?