Can i allocate bandwidth through Squid ???

winxandlinx · 06-22-2006, 06:06 AM

Hi Everyone ,

I am using redhat 9 and running squid in

that. Is is possible to allocate bandwidth through

squid like for divding my bandwidth into 64 kpbs

For example

i have squid as the proxy server i have 1 mb.

bandwidth for some of the computers i want only to

allocate 64 kpbs not more than that ,So can i do that

in the squid

Helping this issue will be greatly apprecited

Thanks & Regards
winxandlinx

bathory · 06-22-2006, 06:13 AM

You can do this, but you must install squid from source to enable the DELAY_POOLS feature, since it's not enabled by default in most distros. You can take a look at this tutorial to see how you can achieve this. Also take a look at these examples.

Regards

intel_ro · 06-22-2006, 06:33 AM

somtein more complex and more powefull is to use tc patch for squid for no squid hit penalty
http://www.docum.org/docum.org/faq/cache/65.html
is more complex but u will have outstanding performance !

winxandlinx · 06-23-2006, 01:05 AM

Thanks for your reply

let me try it

Thanks & Regards
winxandlinx