Re: Help with WCCP setup

From: Glenn Chisholm <glenn@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 03:22:46 -0600 (MDT)

> > Don't know about the IP (have never tried), but you most likely have to
> > use a slightly patched GRE module as WCCP does things "another way" than
> > how GRE was intended to be used.
>
> Don't they all? PPTP uses Microsoft's "enhanced" GRE. I guess WCCP uses
> Cisco's "enhanced" GRE... I wonder if the "enhancements" are as broken as
> Microsoft's (which introduce a completely broken congestion control system).
>

Actually WCCP uses GRE about as far cut down as you can get it. There is
not a lot to break when you cut out almost all the GRE header except the
Protocol Type field :-)

glenn
Received on Mon Sep 27 1999 - 02:24:17 MDT

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