Subject: Re: OT: How to make a slow link (look) "faster"?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Carlos A. Carnero Delgado <carnero@icrt.cu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/22/2002 13:52:46
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Hi,

> > However, I'd like to ask you for tricks, hints, anything that
> > could help me make the most of those 128KBit/s (oh, those
> > are actually 128Kbits inbound
>
> Have a caching DNS server that all hundred users share.

Yup, done. In fact, my ipf rules are blocking attempts to use other DNS
servers than the (internal interface bound) DNS server on the gateway.

> Maybe have a caching HTTP server that they share if they use
> common webpages.

Something like Squid, maybe?

> If they do email internal amongst themselves a lot, then
> maybe have an email server setup for them (so the emails
> don't have to route out and back in over that 128Kb link).

Yup, done. They have, on the very same gateway, an SMTP, POP & IMAP server.

>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://www.reedmedia.net/

Thanks a lot,
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carlos carnero | carnero@icrt.cu | sysadmin/BOFH