Comments on: Faster Internet With an Old Laptop – Ubuntu and Squid

By: ubuntu squid proxy server error message - Admins Goodies

ubuntu squid proxy server error message - Admins Goodies — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:20:32 +0000

[...] The Way I got it working was to build it from scratch and instead of using the webmin deb file I used the tar gz. This is the guide I followed http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/faster-internet-with-an-old-laptop-ubuntu-and-squid/ [...]

By: atss

atss — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:29:00 +0000

@UbuntuLinuxHelp

No problem. I would not bother switching paths now as you already have it all up and running for squid 2.6 .

If you want to use squid3, then you also have to move your squid.conf file from /etc/squid/squid.conf (squid 2.6)
to /etc/squid3/squid.conf (squid3)
to keep the same settings as you had before.
Then I would remove squid and keep squid3.

Check if squid3 is running as service by looking at the /var/log/squid3/cache.log

Also if webmin is looking for the “squid” executable, I think the correct one is called “squid3″

By: Ubuntu Linux Help

Ubuntu Linux Help — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:27:15 +0000

[...] One of my earlier posts, Faster Internet With an Old Laptop – Ubuntu and Squid, discussed how to install Squid and Webmin on an old laptop. The premise being that having a proxy server on the network helped speed up web browsing (because of the caching capabilities), reduced external bandwidth usage, etc. [...]

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:48:40 +0000

@atass

Oh oh… Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to go through the file system to check (I haven’t browsed the files for a while now) and find Squid3, to switch the pathing to it.

Thanks muchly for the help!

By: atss

atss — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:27:59 +0000

“This will restart the server and squid3 (along with then new configuration). I noticed that webmin (for some strange reason) thought squid 2.6 was installed.”

The reason is that you have also installed squid3 AND 2.6. 2.6 was installed via webmin because it is not configured by default to find squid3

I think you should correct this procedure so that you correctly configure webmin to use squid3 by going to module configuration and changing to squid3 paths. Avoid installing Squid via webmin cause it will install Squid 2.6 regardless if you have squid 3 installed

By: Installing a Web Server

Installing a Web Server — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:50:23 +0000

[...] a Web Developer / Designer PC Using Ubuntu Linux – Revisited Installing Compass on Ubuntu Faster Internet With an Old Laptop – Ubuntu and Squid Installing a Web Server on Your Old [...]

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:55:28 +0000

To restart Squid, the command is:

/etc/init.d/squid restart

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:35:46 +0000

The command to restart Squid (for those who need it) is:

sudo /etc/init.d/squid restart

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:23:11 +0000

This is really nice. I’m using squid and dansguardian to help out a school with a super tight budget get faster filtered internet access. I donated a spare PC and it’s been brilliant. As most students search google for the same terms and hit the first 10 or so links there all surfing the same pages. Internet usage has gone down and the speed has increased.

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:33:37 +0000

Funny… Okay… sudo touch me ha ha ha…