Ok. I am using wccp. I see where 2 nics comes in, but the more load I see those devices using, the more nics I see.
Alright, I am aiming to see if I can get over 200 req/sec on a stable state. Thank you very much. Best regards Edward Millington BSc, Network+, I-Net+, CIW Associate Systems Administrator, Sr Cariaccess Communications Ltd. Palm Plaza Wildey St. Michael Barbados Phone: 1 246 430 7435 Mobile: 1 246 234 6278 Fax: 1 246 431 0170 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cariaccess.com -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Nordstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Edward Millington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <squid-users@squid- cache.org> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 01:29:56 +0100 Subject: Re: [squid-users] squid with multiple NICS > Yes, most of our products have more than one NIC for firewalling > purposes. > > Squid does not really care how many NICs your box have. It is the > responsibility of the OS to configure NIC addresses and routing, > Squid just makes use of what you have. > > To aid the OS in this use Squid can specify which addresses it want > to > use. See the squid.conf directives http_port and > tcp_outgoing_address. > > > There is no need for interface bonding for such low network workloads > as Squid. A single 100Mbps NIC is more than sufficient for almost any > Squid in terms of performance. However, if you set up interface > bonding in your OS for higher bandwidth connectivity to your switch > or router then Squid will happily use such bonded interfaces, just as > any other application on your box would. > > Regards > Henrik Nordström > MARA Systems AB, Sweden > > > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 13.32, Edward Millington wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > > > > Have any one ever put together squid with multiple NICS? > > > > If you purchase a commercial cache, sometimes you can get 2 or more > > nics? > > > > My question is, are those nics load sharing or are there bonded as > > one nic card? > > > > In other words, under very stress enviroment, does it use all 2 or > > more nic cards at the smae time? > > > > Currently, I have been able to run my squid devel 3 over 160 > > req/sec. > > > > Over that, my testing machine is the problem with dishing out alot > > of requests. My test machine is a win2k 950MHz..