Re: Using a Proxy (Squid) will slow down download speed?
users@linuxforums.org wrote:
> I'm running Squid with its basic setup. When IE's proxy connection
> setting is configured to use squid, the download speed will decrease
> by about 10KB/s. Unchecking the 'use proxy' setting will resolve the
> slower download speed issue.
This seems odd. Is Squid bottlenecking somewhere? Have you tried the same
download direct from the box running Squid (using wget or similar)?
> 1) Is there any setting in IE or Squid that I can use to fine tune the
> download speed of clients?
Default Squid settings set no limits on download speed. Trying to tune Squid
to solve a performance problem is useless unless you've determined if and
where Squid is bottlenecking.
> 2) What do I look out in access.log to check if cached pages are been
> successfully served? (Squid automatically cache pages right?)
TCP_HIT, and yes, Squid will automatically cache pages - if they are
cachable.
> 3) I have 2 PCs, A and B. A downloads a file. After A's download is
> completed, B downloads the same file. Will this same file downloaded
> by B be retrieved from Squid (intranet speed) or from the internet?
Assuming the file was cachable, then yes.
Use Google to search for "cachability test engine" to find a utility that
will show you if a given URL is cachable and why/why not.
Adam
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