It depends whats doing NAT and stuff on your home network. If the cable modem is doing NAT, and your wireless router is actually a wireless bridge, then I'd put it between the cable modem and the wireless router. If the cable modem is just being a bridge and providing one IP; and your wireless router is actually being a router/NAT gateway, then put it between the routerand the switch. Adrian On Thu, May 15, 2008, syslock@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello there... > > I am looking to setup a transparent cache for a non-profit with a slow internet connection. > I decided I would try and setup a transparent squid cache for home use first and use that > knowledge to build a transparent cache for the non-profit. > I want squid to be able to cache pages over the slow link as well as block access > to inappropriate adult sites etc. > > I picked up the O’Reilly book on Squid but I still have some questions on hardware setup. > The one page blurb on hardware setup tells me nothing really. I was expecting a lot more > information on this. Even after searching thru the FAQ files, it’s still unclear to me on > what I need to do hardware setup wise. > > Does the squid server have to go in line someplace in the hardware chain > or can it just be plugged into the router or switch? > > I currently have the following home setup: > Cable Modem – Wireless Router – Switch – Several Home Computers > Where does my squid sever need to sit? > Between the modem and router? Just plug it into my switch? > > For the non-profit their setup is: > Limited DSL connection – Router – Switch – Office Computers > Where do I place the squid server? Just plug it into the current switch or does it > have to go in-line between the Router and Switch? (Pass thru the Squid box with two nics?) > > I appreciate any help/mentoring with my project. > All the best, > > > > Chris > Ann Arbor, MI USA > syslock@xxxxxxxxxxx -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA -
