Slow Fedora Proxy

[technofool007]

I use Fedora 3 as a proxy server on my network (squid). Recently it the browsing abilities of the network has slowed drastically. I do not know much about Fedora, as i am fairly new and this was already inplace before me.

I badley need some tips and advice on how to optimize the performance of the server.

Any volunteers??

 

[QatQat]

If nothing has been changed on your linux box you should probably check packets through your proxy.

Maybe some clients machines are infected by some kind of spyware/malware and are therefore transmitting a lot more than usual.
I had a customer, using linux proxy and windoz xp clients, where the Internet performace dropped rapidly in less than a week; I then found that some of the windoz boxes were eating up bandwith due to a malware that had infected them.


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