Re: [squid-users] squid 2.5 and wccp

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Alexander Harkenthal wrote:

> I can capture the HELLO - and the GRE packets on the linux machine.
> But the module does NOT get used:

That is normal. The module just magically sits there doing it's work when
loaded. There is no references which increases the use count.

> and thatswhy the kernel does NOT catch and decapsulate the incoming packets
> before passing them to Squid when I turned on the wccp version 2 on the
> router.

Do you see the decapsulated packets anywhere?

> - how can I get the kernel to decapsulate the packets ?

This the ip_wccp module is supposed to be doing. Note that you need to use
the correct version of the ip_wccp module to match the WCCP version you
are using.

> - does the kernel normally logs the access of the module into
> /var/log/messages ?

Not unless you select to log things using iptables.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Thu Dec 11 2003 - 14:48:19 MST