Stephen, Apache is a web server - it serves up web pages to browsers on request. Squid is a(n) HTTP Proxy Server. This is different - a browser can connect to a proxy server, rather than directly to the web. The proxy server then connects to the web on your behalf, retrieves your web pages and then serves them to you. This may sound like a extra step to achieve the same result (i.e. of browsing pages) - the advantages are that it (a) can cache those pages very efficiently and (b) can deliver cached pages to multiple users who all connect to it. This has the effect overall of increasing your web-surfing experience, particularly in a networked environment with multiple computers.
Samba is an emulator for Window's SMB (Server Message Block) protocol used by Windows for file and print sharing. Since you say you have 3 more boxes with Win98, then you will need to set up Samba if you want file or printer sharing. However, you do not need it for sharing an internet connection (Squid or even NAT with IP masquerading is all you need for that). Can't comment on MySql - don't know it. SQL by itself stands for Structured Query Language - used by relational databases. I didn't know it was a product! As for what Dave meant by cached without being connected - basically if a web page is in cache, Squid will serve it up even if it is not connected. But I think he was refering to WWWoffle (I don't know it). Of course the computers have to be connected to each other! ;-)) Hope this helps, Ron. --- Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > For files storage and retrieval, which ranks first, > MySql or Sql ? For web > server which will be better, Apache or Squid ? > > At 05:26 PM 10/30/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > > I'm running 3 boxes with 8.1 here and would like > to set one of these up > > > as a proxy server.What is the best way to > accomplish this? With squid > > > perhaps..or is Samba a better way to do > this(there are 3 more boxes > > > running 98se). > > > >Samba is not a proxy server. If all you want is to > serve web pages etc, then > >Squid is good, I personally user WWWoffle which is > an offline explorer. It > >allows you to browse pages that are cached without > being connected. > > Kindly advise " ... that are cached without being > connected", without > connected to Internet or without linking up the > boxes ? If without linking > up the boxes, then how can files in the server be > retrieved ? > > Thanks in advance. > > B.R. > Stephen Liu > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
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