Unified Lanshop Owners Portal

Revised please goto this link for a more step by step tutorial with pictures.

www.ulop.net/component/option,com_kunena...mit,6/limitstart,18/

Please visit also this thread
www.ulop.net/component/option,com_kunena...ew/id,78436/catid,8/

Post edited by: Plee, at: 2008/03/12 09:34<br><br>Post edited by: Plee, at: 2008/03/12 09:36

I have a desktop and a portable at home, using a Linksys WRT54GC wireless router. Desktop connected to the router via UTP. Laptop uses wireless. SmartBro internet connected to the WAN port of the router.

Mas madalas ko gamitin yung desktop kaysa sa laptop (kasi sa biyenan ko yung laptop.

Wala akong dedicated server. Pwede ko pa ba gamitin ang squid?

how about ISA Server on atleast win2k advance server?thats still windows and still has a built in cache manager.

dodimar wrote:


Pedeng pede sir. But take it to consideration what is the purpose of having a proxy server if you are going to use it with 2 computers? Squid was design to handle large networks. You will experience it if you implement it in a network.

Mr. Lex Luthor wrote:


As I have said in this tutorial, there are alot of proxy servers out there. But one of my favorite is squid. I have tested it so many times and to top it all, most ISP use it for their own. So I would preferably rely on a tested system.

@Plee

kung matapos ko na po mainstall ung squid..panu ko po malalaman na gumagana na sya?may icoconfigure pa ba ako sa mga browser ng clients?
may ilalagay ba ako dun sa proxy settings nya?panu ko malalaman kung ano ung ginagamit na proxy ng squid,anong address nya ta anong port gagamitin ko para ilagay ko dun sa browser ng kada clients?

panu kung ung server ko gawin kong proxy server..panu kong magshutdown or ma off ung server..di sila makakaaccess sa net?tama po ba?



ano pong ibig sabihin nu d2?need ko pa ichange lahat ung directories sa nakaspecified dun sa squid.conf?di ba marami un..ano ano ba dun ung eedit ko..need ba lahat edit un?

ichange ung path ng squid.conf?di ba sabi mo extract mo sa kahit anong path..or ichange ko sa loob ng squid.conf ang path ng folder na inextract ko..

cencia na..gs2 ko ito itry kaso medyo complicated..kaya marami ako tanong.

tnx!!<br><br>Post edited by: incubus14, at: 2008/03/08 05:52

incubus14 wrote:
@Plee

kung matapos ko na po mainstall ung squid..panu ko po malalaman na gumagana na sya?may icoconfigure pa ba ako sa mga browser ng clients?
may ilalagay ba ako dun sa proxy settings nya?panu ko malalaman kung ano ung ginagamit na proxy ng squid,anong address nya ta anong port gagamitin ko para ilagay ko dun sa browser ng kada clients?

ANSWER:
Tapos mo install ang squid make it sure its running. Goto control panel/administrative tools /services. Click mo ung services then look for squid. Check if its started if not start it.
When done goto your clients browser LAN settings. You need to input the ip address and port of your proxy server. Click ok. Start testing it by browsing some webpages.

panu kung ung server ko gawin kong proxy server..panu kong magshutdown or ma off ung server..di sila makakaaccess sa net?tama po ba?

ANSWER:
Yes, this is right. If something went wrong with your proxy server just revert back your browser LAN settings to no proxy.



ano pong ibig sabihin nu d2?need ko pa ichange lahat ung directories sa nakaspecified dun sa squid.conf?di ba marami un..ano ano ba dun ung eedit ko..need ba lahat edit un?

ichange ung path ng squid.conf?di ba sabi mo extract mo sa kahit anong path..or ichange ko sa loob ng squid.conf ang path ng folder na inextract ko..

ANSWER:
No! you only need to create the cache folder as specified in your squid.conf If you dont need to review the logs, you can omit this folder. Just make sure that the folders you created has the same directory path as you specified in your squid.conf.

GOOD LUCK.

what if you have a large network with 100 to 200 units who use 1 squid proxy?do you have to edit back the ip line on the browser of each and every pc?

how about the usage of script configuration with the use of proxy.pac or WPAD.DAT file? this thread explains how:
automatic proxy configuration


hehe,i much expect you to reply that squid is free and ISA(Microsoft) is the most expensive firewall,but maybe you just tested squid alone.as I do tested both,they have same function thou squid is much more reliable and virus free caching,on my opinion: squid should be always use with all POSIX platform and not recommended for windows,i have no against the installation of squid on any microsoft platform,but for secure and safe network,i go for posix platform than to rely on microsoft's windows.
anyway,i also like to contribute some squid configuration:

to block access to specific websites,find the file called ACL on your proxy folder (i dont know if windows squid has that) and edit this just before the line:


insert the following lines:

execute the restartsquid commands, on windows platform this is more likely stopping or restarting squid under Services.

more squid config next time...

My samples are for small Inet cafe setup. If you have a very large enterprise network, naturally I would recommend to use an automatic proxy script and to run squid on a Linux platform.

My configuration here provides squid as a windows service because I would like to maximize the use of my windows timer server. Most of us, icafe owners run our programs under windows. Might us well maximize its use.

In my place of work I use squid, clamav, dansguardian to protect my network. All of it run under Linux. All 500 pc connects to it. Its stable and reliable 100% of the time.

Mr. Lex Luthor wrote:


Sir, script configuration is another way how to configure your web browser in communicating with a proxy server. The question from what I understand is, what if something went wrong with your proxy server and not if you have 100 or more units that connects to 1 squid proxy. Naturally, even if you have an automatic script configuration, it wont do the magic of connecting you to the internet if your browsers are configured to use a proxy. The best solution is if you have large network is to use a redundant proxy server that help each other in caching webpages and takes over the other if one fails. That would solve your problem in automatically configuring a large number of pc. Hope this helps you.

Here is a more detailed explanation. wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/Configurin...br><br>Post edited by: Plee, at: 2008/03/09 13:54