[squid-users] Squid and congestion management

Dear Squid Admins,
 
I have a question on how squid works, consider the following
configuration:
 
LAN-----------B/W Mgmt--------------Squid Box---------------Internet
 
On the B/W Mgmt system, I intend to limit bandwidth for specific LAN
subnets, no problem up to here.
But what happens, a user from the limited LAN segment starts a long http
download which proxied by the Squid ?
 
Two options :
 
B/W to the user limited, but squid downloads all the file as if there is
no restriction, and delivery the user slowly ?
 
Or
 
As squid could not deliver to the user as fast as it downloads the file,
it also delays the download (lowers the b/w consuption on Internet side)
?
 
Which one is correct ?
 
My current config is:
 
LAN-----------Squid Box----------------B/W Mgmt-------------Internet
 
Here I can not limit http traffic as it seems to be sourced from the
same user (squid IP)
 
Btw, is there any idea on how Squid could be used for traffic shaping ?
I have found the acl options for max file size and max connections, are
there any similar tools ? For examle limit for the connections form same
source to same dest ???
 
Beyond all this, could you give me an idea on how to limit the use of
multi-threat download programs ?
 
Thanks in advance for any ideas or advice.
 
Cagri Yucel
Received on Thu Dec 06 2001 - 01:23:56 MST