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In article <66b.395f70cd.3020e@scgf>, Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.net> wrote:
>In article <20000701.2047.177658snz@pcserv.demon.co.uk>, Paul Carpenter wrote:
>>
>>More schools should be using boxes like Linux to be the local web proxy.
>
><sigh> I agree. As head of ICT in a high school I would *love* to be
>using a web proxy running on Linux. While I have reasonable skills at
>installing & configuring Linux on a workstation, I have no experience
>using it in a network situation. I gained my experience by playing with
>my machine at home - I really cannot play with the school network in
>the same way!! I really dare not do anything as drastic as inserting a
>Linux machine into the network, much as I'd love to try. I can imagine
>the whole lot falling around my ears . .
>
>If anyone in the Leicestershire area would like to help in any way,
>they would be very welcome indeed.

I'm not in Leicestershire but I've set one of our local schools up with
a Linux box to function as a web cache.  They have a BT deal with an
ISDN line and free calls to the ISP during the school day.  The web
cache makes a big difference to response time with a classroom full all
surfing.

If I wrote down some "How I did it" instructions would you like to
test them?

John
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