So thought I would try it out # # Delay Pools # http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/DelayPools # http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3357241/Reining-in-Bandwidth-With-Squid-Proxying.htm delay_pools 1 delay_class 1 1 # 10Mb/s fille rate , 20Mb/s reserve # 10485760/8 = 1310720 # 20971520/8 = 2621440 delay_parameters 1 1310720/2621440 # What to delay acl Delay_ALL src all acl Delay_Domain dstdomain -i "/etc/squid/lists/delayDom.lst" delay_access 1 allow Delay_Domain /etc/squid/lists/delayDom.lst .windowsupdate.com and I can just add domains to the file as needed On 5 January 2016 at 10:57, Alex Samad <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > Just wanted to confirm my understanding of delay pools and the ability > to ratelimit inbound traffic. > > Today one of our W10 machines did it windows update .. New patch .. > .MS SQL SP3 - 384M big patch > > So it contacts our squid proxy with then downloaded it from WSUS > update ... which is geocached with out local ISP. > > This then flooded our 100Mb wan port. > > My understanding is that delay pools will not help me with rate > limiting that to a cap of say 10Mb/s > > The only thing that Squid or Linux can do is delay ACK's and thus rate > limit that way. > > Delay pools are more for SQUID -> End user ... > > > Thanks > Alex _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users