CacheGuard Help

We have just released CacheGuard-UF-2.6.2, which includes several improvements to external network (WAN) connectivity.

The new release now supports both PPPoE and DHCP on the external interface. This can be particularly useful for users whose ISP does not provide a router or Internet box, as ...

Thank you, David, for your valuable help as usual.

Please find below an updated diagram reflecting the CacheGuard implementation according to the IP address configuration proposed by David, along with a proposed addressing scheme for your endpoints.

Simple-Home-Network-3.png

I would use static ...

Thanks for this additional information.

Please find below an updated version of the diagram, revised to better represent your current setup.


Simple-Home-Network-2.png


If your ISP uses DHCP to provide your Internet connection, CacheGuard does not currently support obtaining a dynamic IP ...

Hi,

My understanding of your network is represented by the diagram below. Am I right?


Simple-Home-Network-1.png

If so, you can see three network segments in this diagram, represented by three colors: red, green, and blue. To help us determine how CacheGuard should be integrated into your ...

Hi,

Thank you David,

I just wanted to add some complementary information regarding the CLI (Command Line Interface) access. If you don't have an access to the console port you can activate the SSH service on your CacheGuard appliance in order to have a remote access to the CLI using the SSH ...

Dear Douglas,

We appreciate your participation on our technical forum and for sure your questions/remarks will be very helpful for all of us. We offer our services on this technical forum free of charge and in return we really appreciate all pertinent questions but also contribution. The ...

Hi,

When the forwarding proxy mode is activated (command mode web on), the non-transparent (or explicit) Web proxy mode is always enabled (and can't be deactivated). To deactivate the explicit forwarding proxy, you should deactivate the forwarding proxy mode (command mode web off)

Best Regards,

Hi,

Time based firewall rules are not available in the current version of CG (EH-1.3.6 at the time of writing). However you yourself have suggested a smart workaround based on the usage of a scheduler. My recommendation is to use an SSH client on the scheduler side to activate/deactivate required ...

Hi,

Thanks David for that quick analysis!

We will certainly have to replace the old fdisk command by something new (like parted ) to remedy that FS size limitation imposed by fdisk . It is good to know that CG's Linux kernel (v 3.10.100 at the time of writing) used by the current version of ...

Hi,

We are pleased to announce that we just released CacheGuard-OS version EH-1.3.6. This new release fixes the bug that prevented to a renew a DHCP lease in certain circumstances. Now you can safely reactivate CG's DHCP server.

Please note that we can't test the DHCP server with all existing ...