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Hi, I want to manage my bandwidth.so how i configure squid with delay pools.?Thanks

I cannot help with Squid configuration, but do keep in mind that squid can only control http traffic. All other traffic will be outside your flow control.

Hi, you want to say if i manage my squid for bandwidth than i can only manage http bandwidth?But i read somewhere that using Delay Pool i can manage my bandwidth with squid. If u open file /etc/squid/squid.conf, then u will get information about delay pool on line 2770. Please reply.Thanks

Yes, Squid can only manage HTTP traffic, unless you configure it with a firewall which blocks all other ports. I understand delay pools, but they are only meant for HTTP traffic in squid.

Hello,
Yes u got my point.Now my primary requirement is to manage HTTP resquest.For that i have to block other ports using firewall, is that u mean to say? But if i block other ports then how can i access other services like sendmail.
tHANKS

You need to define how you want to distribute the traffice in terms of bandwidth.
ACLs & Delay Pools Under Squid
You can use this link and many more information available on net and even in squid.conf man pages.
Or else give me the sinario so as to give you the configuration details.

If you are only interested in managing HTTP requests, you do not need to block other ports.

Hi,
Thanks for ur reply.I want to manage my bandwidth service wise ,user wise and group wise.
For Example: like sendmail and http services bandwidth and i have to allocate bandwith of particular user(like MD,Director..) and group wise also.
so should i go for squid configuration with delay pools or using cbq shell script(open source) .

Thanks

Hi,
Thanks for ur reply.Bandwidth management for Http is my primary requirement but later on i have to manage bandwidth for other services also like sendmail.
And other thing also i have to manage my bandwidth user wise and group wise also.

Thanks

Are you looking it as a learning project or you only need to put this into production use? If you are just thinking of getting a production box ready, you can take a look into monowall at m0n0wall . Its open source and provides you with a browser and terminal based interface to manage itself, though it is based on FreeBSD.
I haven't used it personally, but it allows you to configure bandwidth service wise as well as user wise.