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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hey Roee,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The best solution for you case is to use a network namespace Router between the squid instance to the actual modem interface.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can attach each modem to a network namespace and leave squid to do it’s thing with a static IP address.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All The Bests,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eliezer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eliezer Croitoru<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NgTech, Tech Support<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile: +972-5-28704261<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:ngtech1ltd@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>ngtech1ltd@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> squid-users <squid-users-bounces@lists.squid-cache.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>roee klinger<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 19, 2022 02:48<br><b>To:</b> Squid Users <squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [squid-users] Reconfiguring Squid every few seconds<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have a server with multiple 4G modems with Squid running on it, the 4G modems get an internal private IP that is dynamic (unfortunately this can't be changed),<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I set up Squid to use the interfaces as follows:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name="tcp_outgoing_address"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>tcp_outgoing_address <some_ip></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>The configuration works well and everything works great, however, whenever I restart one of the modems (I have many, and I restart them a lot), I get a new internal private IP, and I need to reconfigure Squid, this means that I will be running "squid -k reconfigure" multiple times a minute.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Will this have a bad effect on Squid and traffic (I understand this does not cause Squid to restart)? What is my alternative?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Roee<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>