[squid-users] Reconfiguring Squid every few seconds

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I once patched squid to use the local address of an incoming socket as
the local address of the outgoing connection, instead of having 2k
tcp_outgoing_address directives in my configuration. Perhaps something
like this can be done here as well?

вс, 20 мар. 2022 г. в 07:54, Amos Jeffries <squid3 at treenet.co.nz>:
>
> On 19/03/22 13:48, roee klinger wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > 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),
> >
> > I set up Squid to use the interfaces as follows:
> >
> >     tcp_outgoing_address <some_ip>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Will this have a bad effect on Squid and traffic (I understand this does
> > not cause Squid to restart)? What is my alternative?
> >
>
> Alternative is to **not** configure Squid with a static IP.
>
> You could use an outgoing TOS or NFMARK from Squid. The OS networking
> rules can select routes based on that.
>
> OR, if the src-IP has to change based on the modem being used. You could
> use the TOS/MARK in src-NAT rules before route selection - those being
> the point reconfigured instead of Squid.
>
> Amos
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