Bridging and transparent web-cache

[Steve Bertrand]

> I'm setting up a small server to provide traffic shaping services on a
> network in order to conserve the relatively small bandwifth available.
> In
> order to minimise the reconfiguration on site I've configured the
> server
> as a bridge. So far it works brilliantly, interactive applications are
> now
> usuable at the same time as FTP transfers.
>
> I'd like to setup the server to act as a web cache using squid and
> again
> I'd like to minimise the reconfiguration required and have squid
> working
> transparantly. However I can't appear to get traffic to port 80
> redirected
> to the local squid server, the traffic simply refuses to match the fwd
> rule.
>
> I've searched Google and read over the mailing list archives and I've
> been
> left unsure as to whether this configuration is possible or not. Is
> it?
>

Please submit the pertinent rules in your firewall script, before and
including the fwd rules, and include some details in your actual
setup.

Steve

> Thanks,
>
> James
>
> --
> "You're turning into a penguin. Stop it"
> http://jamesd.ukgeeks.co.uk/
>
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