squid array in transparent mode

[apasquino]

Hello Netpros,

I know the CSS is perhaps a little bit out of date, but there's still a lot of boxes running out there in the field.

Is there a way (L2 or L3) to manage load balancing between web clients with no proxy configured and an array of squid servers configured in transparent mode.

There are no SCAs and WCCP is not available on the squids

Thank you for you cooperation

Andrea

[chrhiggi]

You can operate in bridged mode which will separate the client from thier gatway at a layer 2 level.  Create a vip that matches all traffic (0.0.0.0 for tcp/udp or both) and point them to the squid proxies as a transparent service. 

service Squid1

  ip address 172.16.35.11

  type transparent-cache

  active

owner L2Caches

  content L2
    vip address 0.0.0.0
    add service Squid1

    protocol tcp

    active

Regards,

Chris Higgins