RES: Proxy relay question - please help

> In my domain I have a computer (let's call it the DVB-STATION) that is
> equipped with a DVB (digital video broadcasting) card that is a
> satellite receive-only device. The default route for outgoing
> packets is
> a very busy 33,600 leased line connection.
>
> In order to use that connection, all the http and ftp proxy requests
> MUST be made by a proxy server working on that computer (they
> must come
> from a special IP adress).
>
> In my network I have also a proxy server, let's call him SERVER-2.
> Behind it there is a local (192.168....) network. All the
> users in that
> local network are using squid as proxy on the SERVER-2 computer.
>
>
> But the http requests coming from SERVER-2 are going directly to the
> internet through the slow 33,600 leased line connection and the html
> pages are coming also through the same poor line and they
> don't use the
> high-speed satellite download link from the DVB connection.
>
> In order to optimize it, I should instruct the squid proxy server
> working on SERVER-2 to direct all the http and ftp requests
> to the squid
> working on the DVB-STATION and use it as a relay, not directly to the
> internet. How can I configure squid to use as a "relay" the
> other squid
> working on DVB-STATION?

        Configure the proxy squid to use the DVB-STATION squid as a parent
instead of sibling, this is covered in the FAQ under a firewall question...
or point all the clients to the DVB-STATION squid, why should you have two
proxies between your clients and the data instead of one?

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