Hi Indunil, I don't think that you need to recompile your kernel. Which Squid version are you using?
squid-2.5.STABLE1-3.9
Please post your squid.conf. Saying that Squid is SLOWER could mean alot of things. It's very vague and an exact answer is not possible.
these are rules in my squid.conf cache_mem 32 MB cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256 auth_param basic program /usr/bin/ncsa_auth /usr/etc/passwd auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours acl maxip max_user_ip -s 1 acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED acl CSB_AUTH_CRIB proxy_auth uddikah sudathf newtonf nilankab warunaa sandunm acl CSB_AUTH_BANK proxy_auth chamikarab acl CSB_AUTH_SEY proxy_auth manjulan sriyanim apsaraa rohang gehanp acl CSB_AUTH_AUD proxy_auth mahesht thivankat acl DOMAINS_SEY dstdomain .eseylan.com .cbsl.lk .eseylanet.com acl DOMAINS dstdomain .crib.lk .cbsl.lk acl DOMAINS_CSB dstdomain .nsb.lk .peoplesbank.lk .nationstrust.com .hnb.lk .mbslbank.com .sampath.lk .hsbc.lk .combank.net .eseylan.com .bankofceylon.net acl DOMAINS_AUD dstdomain .cbsl.lk .nsb.lk .peoplesbank.lk .nationstrust.com .hnb.net .mbslbank.com .sampath.lk .hsbc.lk .combank.net .bankofceylon.net .icasrilanka.com .centralbanklanka.org .auditnet.org .bankaudit.net .balancescorecard.org .netbankaudit.com .isaca.org .accaglobal.com .certifiedinternalauditor.org .bba.org.uk .accountingweb.co.uk .cima.org.uk .iasc.org.uk .icaew.co.uk .kpmg.co.uk .yahoo.com .auditserve.com .managementhelp.org .lankae.com .ceylicosavings.lk .cim.co.uk .amazon.com .ceylincosavings.lk .eseylan.com .eseylanet.com .dfccbank.com .unionb.com .standardchartered.com/lk .icicibank.com .pabcbank.com #http_access deny maxip http_access deny CSB_AUTH_SEY !DOMAINS_SEY http_access deny CSB_AUTH_CRIB !DOMAINS http_access deny CSB_AUTH_BANK !DOMAINS_CSB http_access deny CSB_AUTH_AUD !DOMAINS_AUD http_access allow ncsa_users
Also posting your iptables firewall could help. Are you running Squid in transparent mode? How many users are you serving?
No firewall is running on that box. No trasparent mode as well. Just running as usual. Clients are configured to use squid proxy server with ip address and port 3128 in their Internet Explore and Firefox . But there is a filrewall running in front of that squid box. about 27 users are using squid.
Can you post the info from squidclient mgr:info ?
pls see below [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# squidclient mgr:info HTTP/1.0 200 OK Server: squid/2.5.STABLE1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:01:36 GMT Content-Type: text/plain Expires: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:01:36 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:01:36 GMT X-Cache: MISS from csbsl.com Proxy-Connection: close Squid Object Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE1 Start Time: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:47:47 GMT Current Time: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:01:36 GMT Connection information for squid: Number of clients accessing cache: 20 Number of HTTP requests received: 768 Number of ICP messages received: 0 Number of ICP messages sent: 0 Number of queued ICP replies: 0 Request failure ratio: 0.00% Average HTTP requests per minute since start: 5.7 Average ICP messages per minute since start: 0.0 Select loop called: 28597 times, 280.740 ms avg Cache information for squid: Request Hit Ratios: 5min: 0.0%, 60min: 4.0% Byte Hit Ratios: 5min: 13.3%, 60min: 5.2% Request Memory Hit Ratios: 5min: 0.0%, 60min: 10.0% Request Disk Hit Ratios: 5min: 0.0%, 60min: 90.0% Storage Swap size: 18420 KB Storage Mem size: 796 KB Mean Object Size: 12.38 KB Requests given to unlinkd: 5 Median Service Times (seconds) 5 min 60 min: HTTP Requests (All): 0.00000 4.07741 Cache Misses: 0.00000 18.48929 Cache Hits: 0.00000 0.01235 Near Hits: 0.00000 0.00000 Not-Modified Replies: 0.00000 0.00000 DNS Lookups: 0.00000 2.45286 ICP Queries: 0.00000 0.00000 Resource usage for squid: UP Time: 8028.333 seconds CPU Time: 1.160 seconds CPU Usage: 0.01% CPU Usage, 5 minute avg: 0.00% CPU Usage, 60 minute avg: 0.01% Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB Page faults with physical i/o: 501 Memory usage for squid via mallinfo(): Total space in arena: 3632 KB Ordinary blocks: 3461 KB 51 blks Small blocks: 0 KB 0 blks Holding blocks: 200 KB 1 blks Free Small blocks: 0 KB Free Ordinary blocks: 171 KB Total in use: 3661 KB 96% Total free: 171 KB 4% Total size: 3832 KB Memory accounted for: Total accounted: 1396 KB memPoolAlloc calls: 130764 memPoolFree calls: 122430 File descriptor usage for squid: Maximum number of file descriptors: 1024 Largest file desc currently in use: 22 Number of file desc currently in use: 19 Files queued for open: 0 Available number of file descriptors: 1005 Reserved number of file descriptors: 100 Store Disk files open: 0 Internal Data Structures: 1515 StoreEntries 176 StoreEntries with MemObjects 174 Hot Object Cache Items 1488 on-disk objects -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya