On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 12:48 -0400, Wilson Hernandez wrote: > Hello. > > After attempting several suggestions from guys here in the list, I'm > still experiencing the same problem: Facebook is so sluggish that my > users are complaining everyday and is just depressing. > > Today I came up with an idea: Use a "dedicated" line for facebook > traffic. For ei. > > LAN > | > | > SERVER ------- Internet line for facebook only > | > | > Internet > > Can this be possible?
Yes, it's possible, using policy based routing with iproute2. However, you'll need all the IP addresses for facebook, which I imagine will prove difficult. > Can this solution fix my problems or give me more problems? > I'm not convinced this is the answer to your problem though. Are you having problems with any other websites? Have you tried by-passing Squid to see if it is indeed a bandwidth related issue or a problem with Squid itself? Andy
