PfSense as a Cache

[Kered124]

Hello,

 

I have a situation where the bandwidth available is not enough to sustain the users on the network- and a faster connection is not currently available. There are a dozen or so computers that all have OneDrive and SharePoint installed locally, and fairly large files are constantly added and removed from these applications. This leaves us with an internet connection that is constantly maxed from all of the computers trying to sync new files. I thought I remembered reading something about using squid in Pfsense to cache files for situations like this, along with Windows updates? If I am wrong, please correct me. I did a little bit of reading about squid, but am not really sure where to start after installing the plugin in PFsense. 

 

TLDR; I want to use squid on our existing Pfsense router to cache files between 1MB and 300MB, along with Windows updates, if possible.

 

Thanks in advance for the input!

[Alex Atkin UK]

AFAIK those use cases you can't. If you are needing to sync files between several machines on the LAN then you really need a local way to do it such as a central network share or OwnCloud.

Caching Windows Updates may be possible, although I haven't tried it.  (certainly tempted) https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/cache-proxy/squid-package-tuning.html

[Kered124]

We currently have a local network share we use, but we are trying to move away from it, as permissions aren't as streamlined, and there also needs to be access from other locations. I am honestly out of ideas; I had really been hoping a squid cache would help the situation. Any other ideas?