Topic: Cache in server mode

[Ray]

I am new to networks so I'm sorry if this is too basic a question.  I want to setup an e-smith server in my network to use the email, mail, and web cache services but not use it as the gateway.  Can this be done?

[guestHH]

Yes, it can be done right out of the box. Just give it a try.

Regards,
guestHH

[Ray]

Would the internet traffic then go in and out of the same NIC (i.e. the server will only need one NIC)?

Would I just route all port 80 calls to this server?

[Bill Talcott]

I'm no expert on the technical details of Linux (or even the deeper aspects of internetworking), but I'm not sure if it's possible to use SME as a web cache without using it as a gateway. Is there a specific reason you don't want to use it as the gateway? You're already thinking of routing all the traffic through it, so it seems a bit illogical to me to not use it as the gateway...

[Tony P.]

I use SME 5.1.x in this way.
I have one nic installed in the SME and configured for server only. I have a DSL Firewall that sends Web and email traffic to the SME server. I setup clients to use SME as the proxy server. Everything works fine for me.

Hope this helps you.

Tony P.

[Ray]

I need to be able to monitor traffic, implement bandwidth throttles, etc.  I am using a MikrotikOS as router software on a different box and would like to use sme for services.