Sekoyen’s

Actually, I did not use the webcache server anymore because now I am using 1MB kbps streamyx, and I think it is quite fast.

The reason we use a web cache server probably because we are sharing the internet line with many computer in a local area network (LAN). With the web cache server, the internet speed seems to be a little bit faster esspecially when a client in one LAN request the same file which has been accessed earlier by other client.

This is how web cache server work. When a client visit a homepage on the internet, it will send the request for file signal to the web cache server. The web cache server search on its harddisk if the web file is available. If yes, it will send the file to the client. If not, the web cache server will take the file from the internet, save it into hard disk then send the file to the client. It gets served up from the local server rather than over the Internet — saving you significant bandwidth.

One of the most popular and very good web cache server is Squid. And it is free too. The compiling and installation process is quite simple. Well, I cannot write it today. Perhaps, one day, I will write a topic on how to compile and install squid. Meanwhile you could search from the search engine on how to install squid in linux. Squid 2.5 and above could also run on Windows platform.

Other than the web cache server, squid also act as a web proxy where all the data between the internet and clients, will have to pass through it first. As a result, squid also can be configured to be a web filter. So, you can block any web site you do not want the client from the LAN to accept.

 

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