On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:46:00 -0600, Cody Webb wrote: > I would like to provide content filtering for members our my congregation. > My content filter utilizes squid. I would like to conserve bandwidth as much > as possible (due to the costs associated with bandwidth metering). Can I ask what are the "costs associated with bandwidth metering"? > Would it be possible for users downloads to bypass the proxy? > This way they could get the full speed of their cable/DSL service. > And it would keep the monthly bandwidth usage > going through the proxy minimal. Can you explain how bypassing the caching proxy for large file downloads enhances throughput or reduces bandwidth utilization? I get the full Cable/DSL bandwidth for large file downloads via Squid: 1111285901.547 38678 192.168.0.252 TCP_MISS/200 15439237 GET http://www.demography.state.mn.us/DownloadFiles/Profiles/cen00prof.pdf - DIRECT/156.99.41.160 application/pdf That's 15,439,237 bytes received in 38.6 seconds (3 megabits/second). here is the same document served out of cache: 1111286373.206 2011 192.168.0.252 TCP_HIT/200 15439241 GET http://www.demography.state.mn.us/DownloadFiles/Profiles/cen00prof.pdf - NONE/- application/pdf Yes, the cached reply is four bytes larger; the logged size includes all headers (either way the saved file on the client comes out as 15,438,929 bytes). Kevin Kadow
