On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:15:55 +0200, "Raphael Maseko" <ralph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been running WCCP on a 3660 Cisco Router to redirect http traffic to > my cache servers and it has been working fine. I have noticed that with an > increase in traffic, my CPU utilization on the router seems to be going > through the roof! (close to 100%) for most parts of the day. > > After troubleshooting, I realised that the high utilization is because of > the "no ip cef" command I have to issue on the router to disable Cisco's > Express forwarding for wccp to work. > > Is there any way I can get the 'best of both worlds' here? - i.e keep wccp > running while keeping the router CPU sane? > > Thanks in advance > > Ralph You could try setting up normal routing and abandon WCCP. * Place the Squid box(es) outside the router (closer to the Internet) * At the Cisco route port-80 from the clients through the Squid, other traffic direct to the Net * Squid connect direct to the Net (most efficient) or if they must go through the Cisco again, they must be specially exempted from the redirection. Amos
