Re: [squid-users] Can Squid Acc. accelerate WindowsUpdate ?!

See the guide on how to mirror Windows Update locally, available on the
net (see ML archives).

Regards
Henrik

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Sampei wrote:

> I need accelerating WindowsUpdate procedure in my network, where I'm
> actually using Squid 2.5 to go out to the public network; Windows clients
> must be often updating because there is no remote system to admin.
> There are acl to permit navigation to some users and in this case their
> browser have this proxy to reference, while other users have no
> configuration.
> I thought to use another machine acting as squid accelerator next to
> original Squid.
> I configured Squid accel. like this:
>
> http_port 80
>
> httpd_accel_host virtual
> httpd_accel_port 0
> httpd_accel_with_proxy off
> httpd_accel_single_host off
> redirect_program /usr/local/bin/map --> script
>
> Squid accelerator has no parent cache.
> This Squid accelerator has two network interface cards: one on public
> network and the other on my lan. I configured 3 virtual IP address on public
> network NIC, because I used a Perl script to point to three domains:
>
> 192.168.0.1 v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
> 192.168.0.2 www.windowsupdate.com
> 192.168.0.3 www.microsoft.com
>
> I set my IE 6 browser with no proxy and and no detect automatically
> configuration.
> I run squid accel. and typing in browser url http://192.168.0.2 Windows
> update likes starting to terminate abnormally. I can't understand how to
> solve problem.
> I'd like accelerating users to download patches, service packs at high
> speed.... even if someone have no proxy set in I.E.
> In this way I can reach WindowsUpdate from any point in my lan regardless
> Internet Explorer settings.
>
> Best regards
>
> Sampei
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Received on Thu Apr 01 2004 - 15:23:11 MST