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How To configure squid in windows 7

To configure Squid in windows 7

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web and it by tracking the objects use over the network. Squid has variety of uses and advantages such as speeding up web browsing for end user, reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. It also can work as web filtering and can control the browsing traffic. In this tutorial, you will learn about the method to configure Squid Proxy Cache on Windows 7.

Configuring Squid

For configuring Squid on your Windows machine, first you need to start the Squid service.


And then, open the Squid configuration file.

Your Squid configuration file contents will look like the one in the following image. .

In that file, you need to add the following lines.
Acl new src 192.168.7.237
http_access allow new

Check the following image for reference.


Once the above configuration is done, you need to save and close the file.


Once that is done, you need to stop and start the Squid service.

After that, you shall open a client machine and configure squid and for that, you need to open internet properties by typing inetcpl.cpl in the search-field of the start menu.

And then, you need to go to the Connections tab of the Internet Properties.

And in that, go to the LAN settings.

Here, choose proxy server and enter squid install machine ip addr and port 3128, and then click OK.

Afterwards, open the internet protocol setiings and remove DNS IP, and then click OK.




Now, you shall check if the internet is working through your browser.


With this, the method to configure Squid on Windows 7 comes to an end.

Tag : Squid Windows
FAQ
Q
What Operating Systems does Squid support?
A
The software is designed to operate on any modern Unix system, and is known to work on at least the following platforms:
Linux
FreeBSD
NetBSD
BSDI
Mac OS/X
OSF and Digital Unix
IRIX
SunOS/Solaris
NeXTStep
SCO Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Q
Where can I get Squid?
A
You can download Squid via FTP from the primary FTP site or one of the many worldwide mirror sites.
Many sushi bars also have Squid.
Q
What is Squid in Windows?
A
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects. Unlike traditional caching software, Squid handles all requests in a single, non-blocking, I/O-driven process.

Squid keeps meta data and especially hot objects cached in RAM, caches DNS lookups, supports non-blocking DNS lookups, and implements negative caching of failed requests.
Q
What is Internet object caching?
A
Internet object caching is a way to store requested Internet objects (i.e., data available via the HTTP, FTP, and gopher protocols) on a system closer to the requesting site than to the source. Web browsers can then use the local Squid cache as a proxy HTTP server, reducing access time as well as bandwidth consumption.
Q
Why is it called Squid?
A
We needed to distinguish this new version from the Harvest cache software. The squid was the code name for initial development, and it stuck.