Re: [squid-users] Re: Leased line/satellite combo

I wish we could afford it, I work for a very small company, and the X.21
router we had earlier cost us about 7-8 times the price of our current
analogue leased line using a modem and satellite card. The modem and
satellite card are totally seperate (two different service providers), but
we pay flat rate for satellite (and it's a lot faster), and for the leased
line we pay per megabyte! And the leased line runs at 33.6k, which is slow
compared to +/- 400k for the satellite, now the bad thing is the satellite
doesn't support uploading, only downloading (it's illegal in South Africa
(where I am) to transmit satellite data -- I don't actually know if that's
true, but that's what I heard). Only one company here has the right to
transmit internet data over satellite, our service provider! Well, basicly
we want it as fast as possible, and most importantly, as cheap as possible!

Lionel Pinkhard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Tinka" <aknit44@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <lionelpinkhard@softhome.net>; "jay omayan" <xjhay@yahoo.com>
Cc: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Re: Leased line/satellite combo

> how do you connect your network to your satellite
> connection..?.. isn't it via a router.. if so, why do
> u need a SAT-1 card in any of your boxes..?.
>
> AKNIT
>
> --- lionelpinkhard@softhome.net wrote: > Problem is:
> I can't set up transparent proxying,
> > Squid itself is running on
> > the Win2k machine. We can't find a Linux driver for
> > the SAT-1 card,
> > otherwise we'd install Linux and use your idea.
> > Basicly I don't care where
> > the traffic goes, but I want to get as much as
> > possible over satellite,
> > because it's a LOT cheaper (and faster).
> >
> > Lionel
> >
> > jay omayan writes:
> >
> > > lionel,
> > >
> > > you need to transparently proxy all the traffic
> > in
> > > your router using ip policy, and use the windoze
> > 2k as
> > > the parent of squid box...
> > >
> > > Jay Omayan
> > > IT Consultant
> > > scoobysNET / iCyberscape / Bohol Online
> > > Dumaguete,PH Cebu, PH Bohol, PH
> > >
> > >
> > > --- lionelpinkhard@softhome.net wrote:
> > >> Does anyone know of a way to have squid do all
> > >> downloads via a Harmonic
> > >> SAT-1 satellite card (on Windows 2000 Advanced
> > >> Server), and to do all
> > >> uploads (such as sending site requests, etc.) via
> > a
> > >> 64K leased line?
> > >>
> > >> Kind regards,
> > >>
> > >> Lionel Pinkhard
> > >>
> > >> P.s. We need this to increase speed and save
> > money
> > >> at the same time.
> > >
> > >
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Received on Sat Jun 29 2002 - 16:04:02 MDT