Web Cache Redirection Configuration; Web Cache Redirection Overview - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual

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Web Cache Redirection Configuration

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Web Cache Redirection Overview

Web Cache Redirection Configuration
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Web Cache Redirection Configuration Example
Web Cache Redirection Overview
Usually, users access Web pages through Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Typically,
users connect to the Internet through LANs. For LANs containing large amount of users of
the Internet, HTTP traffics may congest the links between the LANs and the Internet and
may even affect the operation of other services. Web cache server can relieve the HTTP
load on the links connecting LANs and the Internet and improve the speed of users'
obtaining information from the Internet.
The Web cache redirection function provided by Switch 5500-EI series can redirect the
HTTP traffic to Web cache servers, as illustrated in
Figure 1-1 A Web cache redirection implementation
VLAN10
PC 1
As shown in
belong to VLAN 10 and VLAN 20 respectively. The gateway address of PC 1 is set to the IP
address of VLAN-interface 10; the gateway address of PC 2 is set to the IP address of
VLAN-interface 20. Web Cache Server is used to store the information from the Internet
Internet
Router
VLAN40
VLAN30
Switch
VLAN20
PC 2
Figure 1-1, PC 1 and PC 2 are hosts in a LAN connected to the switch, which
Web Cache Server
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Figure 1-1.