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Connecting Your Cache

AAPT Wholesale customers are welcome to connect to our proxy caches using Inter-Cache Protocol (ICP). This page provides some information on how to configure your proxy server(s) to utilise our caches as "parents". Setting up a parent relationship means that the AAPT proxy will retrieve the object for you if it's not already in the cache.

Configuring Squid version 1.1

Use the following configuration parameters to ensure all of your Web traffic flows through the AAPT cache:

For Victorian and Tasmanian based squid users:

cache_host proxy1.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy2.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

cache_host proxy1.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy2.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

cache_host proxy1.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy2.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy1.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

cache_host proxy1.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 
cache_host proxy2.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_host proxy.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

Configuring Squid version 1.2

Use the following configuration parameters to ensure all of your Web traffic flows through the AAPT cache:

For Victorian and Tasmanian based squid users:

cache_peer proxy1.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy2.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

cache_peer proxy1.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy2.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

cache_peer proxy1.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy2.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy1.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

cache_peer proxy1.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 
cache_peer proxy2.syd.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130
cache_peer proxy.mel.connect.com.au parent 8080 3130 no-query default

Configuring other servers, such as Netscape or CERN

These servers have a configuration option which allows them to use another proxy cache.

For Vic/Tas/SA based users use:
proxy.mel.connect.com.au 

For NSW/WA/ACT/Qld/NT based users use;
proxy.syd.connect.com.au

Both use port 8080.
You should ensure you also proxy ftp and gopher as this will also result in a performance improvement.

Configuring MS Proxy for cascaded use

• Go to the Web proxy Service Prorerties
• Choose the Routing tab.
• Find the upstream routing section.
• Select use web proxy or array.
• Enter the AAPT Proxy address and port.
• Click apply and then ok.

To configure a backup Upstream Route

• Enter the Web proxy Service Properties.
• Go to the routing tab.
• Tick the Enable Backup route check box.
• Set the Radio button to Use Direct Connection.
• Click apply and then ok.

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